Bill Text: IL SB0758 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning referenda on retail sales of alcoholic liquor.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1058 [SB0758 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0758-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 097-1058
SB0758 Enrolled LRB097 04479 ASK 44518 b
AN ACT concerning liquor.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
changing Section 6-20 as follows:
(235 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 43, par. 134a)
Sec. 6-20. Transfer, possession, and consumption of
alcoholic liquor; restrictions.
(a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any
alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age shall not
purchase, or accept a gift of such alcoholic liquor or have
such alcoholic liquor in his possession.
(b) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees
believes or has reason to believe that a sale or delivery of
any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of the non-age of
the prospective recipient, he or she shall, before making such
sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of positive
identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public
officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
(c) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an
identification card; use the identification card of another;
carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain
an identification card by means of false information.

(d) No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have
possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this Section.
(e) The consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under
21 years of age is forbidden.
(f) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(g) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a
person under 21 years of age of alcoholic liquor in the
performance of a religious service or ceremony, or the
consumption by a person under 21 years of age under the direct
supervision and approval of the parents or parent or those
persons standing in loco parentis of such person under 21 years
of age in the privacy of a home, is not prohibited by this Act.
(h) The provisions of this Act prohibiting the possession
of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years of age and
dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years of
age do not apply in the case of a student under 21 years of age,
but 18 years of age or older, who:
(1) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor only
during times of a regularly scheduled course while under
the direct supervision of an instructor who is at least 21
years of age and employed by an educational institution
described in subdivision (2);
(2) is enrolled as a student in a college, university,
or post-secondary educational institution that is
accredited or certified by an agency recognized by the

United States Department of Education or a nationally
recognized accrediting agency or association, or that has a
permit of approval issued by the Board of Higher Education
pursuant to the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act
of 2012;
(3) is participating in a culinary arts, food service,
or restaurant management degree program of which a portion
of the program includes instruction on responsible
alcoholic beverage serving methods modeled after the
Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Server Education and Training
(BASSET) curriculum; and
(4) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor for
instructional purposes up to, but not exceeding, 6 times
per class as a part of a required course in which the
student temporarily possesses alcoholic liquor for
tasting, not imbibing, purposes only in a class setting on
the campus and, thereafter, the alcoholic liquor is
possessed and remains under the control of the instructor.
(Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08; 95-355, eff. 1-1-08.)