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| 1 | AN ACT concerning liquor.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6-20 as follows:
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| 6 | (235 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 43, par. 134a)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-20. Transfer, possession, and consumption of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | alcoholic liquor; restrictions.
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| 9 | (a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | alcoholic
liquor is prohibited because of age shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | purchase, or accept a gift of
such alcoholic liquor or have | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | such alcoholic liquor in his possession.
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| 13 | (b) If a licensee or his or her agents or employees | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | believes or has reason to
believe that a sale or delivery of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | any alcoholic liquor is prohibited
because of the non-age of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the prospective recipient, he or she shall,
before
making such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | sale or delivery demand presentation of some form of
positive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | identification, containing proof of age, issued by a public
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| 19 | officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
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| 20 | (c) No person shall transfer, alter, or deface such an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | identification
card; use the identification card of another; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | carry or use a false or
forged identification card; or obtain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | an identification card by means of
false information. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (d) No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have
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| 2 | possession of alcoholic liquor in violation of this Section. | ||||||
| 3 | (e) The
consumption of alcoholic liquor by any person under | ||||||
| 4 | 21 years of age is
forbidden. | ||||||
| 5 | (f) Whoever violates any provisions of this Section shall | ||||||
| 6 | be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| 7 | (g) The possession and dispensing, or consumption by a | ||||||
| 8 | person under 21 years
of age of alcoholic liquor in the | ||||||
| 9 | performance of a religious
service or ceremony, or the | ||||||
| 10 | consumption by a person under 21 years of
age under the direct | ||||||
| 11 | supervision and approval of the parents
or parent or those | ||||||
| 12 | persons standing in loco parentis of such person
under 21 years | ||||||
| 13 | of age in the privacy of a home, is not
prohibited by this Act.
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| 14 | (h) The provisions of this Act prohibiting the possession | ||||||
| 15 | of alcoholic liquor by a person under 21 years
of age and | ||||||
| 16 | dispensing of alcoholic liquor to a person under 21 years
of | ||||||
| 17 | age do not apply in the case of a student under 21 years
of age, | ||||||
| 18 | but 18 years of age or older, who: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor only | ||||||
| 20 | during times of a regularly scheduled course while under | ||||||
| 21 | the direct
supervision of an instructor who is at least 21 | ||||||
| 22 | years of age and
employed by an educational institution | ||||||
| 23 | described in subdivision (2); | ||||||
| 24 | (2) is enrolled as a student in a college, university, | ||||||
| 25 | or post-secondary educational institution that is | ||||||
| 26 | accredited or certified by an agency recognized by the | ||||||
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| 1 | United States Department of Education or a nationally | ||||||
| 2 | recognized accrediting agency or association, or that has a | ||||||
| 3 | permit of approval issued by the Board of Higher Education | ||||||
| 4 | pursuant to the
Private Business and Vocational Schools Act | ||||||
| 5 | of 2012; | ||||||
| 6 | (3) is participating in a culinary arts, food service, | ||||||
| 7 | or restaurant management
degree program of which a portion | ||||||
| 8 | of the program includes instruction on responsible | ||||||
| 9 | alcoholic beverage serving methods modeled after the | ||||||
| 10 | Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Server Education and Training | ||||||
| 11 | (BASSET) curriculum; and | ||||||
| 12 | (4) tastes, but does not imbibe, alcoholic liquor for | ||||||
| 13 | instructional
purposes up to, but not exceeding, 6 times | ||||||
| 14 | per class as a part of a required course in which the | ||||||
| 15 | student temporarily possesses alcoholic liquor for | ||||||
| 16 | tasting, not imbibing, purposes only in a class setting on | ||||||
| 17 | the campus and, thereafter, the alcoholic liquor is | ||||||
| 18 | possessed and remains under the control of the instructor. | ||||||
| 19 | (i) A person under 21 years of age who, in good faith, | ||||||
| 20 | seeks or obtains emergency medical assistance for someone | ||||||
| 21 | experiencing alcohol poisoning shall
not be charged or | ||||||
| 22 | prosecuted for violation of this Act if evidence for the charge | ||||||
| 23 | was acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining | ||||||
| 24 | emergency medical assistance.
A person under 21 years of age | ||||||
| 25 | who is experiencing alcohol poisoning and is in need of medical | ||||||
| 26 | assistance shall not be charged or prosecuted for violation of | ||||||
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| 1 | this Act if evidence for the charge was acquired as a result of | ||||||
| 2 | the person seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. | ||||||
| 3 | The protection in this subsection shall not be grounds for | ||||||
| 4 | suppression of evidence in other charges. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 97-1058, eff. 8-24-12.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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