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.)