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92_HB4576
LRB9212073LDtm
1 AN ACT concerning alcoholic liquor.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5 changing Section 2-1 as follows:
6 (235 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 96)
7 Sec. 2-1. Scope of Act. No person shall manufacture,
8 bottle, blend, sell, barter, transport, transfer into this
9 State from a point outside this State, deliver, furnish, or
10 possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes, unless
11 that such person has been issued a license by the Commission
12 or except as permitted by Section 6-29 of this Act or except
13 as otherwise specifically provided in this Act; provided,
14 however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the
15 possession and transportation of alcoholic liquor by the
16 possessor for the personal use of the possessor, his or her
17 family and guests, nor prevent the making of wine, cider, or
18 other alcoholic liquor by a person from fruits, vegetables,
19 or grains, or the products thereof, by simple fermentation
20 and without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of
21 the maker, his or her family and his guests; and provided
22 further that nothing in this Act herein contained shall
23 prevent any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist
24 from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict
25 practice of his or her profession, or any hospital or other
26 institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from
27 possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of
28 bona fide patients of that such hospital or other
29 institution; and provided further that any drug store
30 employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic
31 liquors in the concoction of prescriptions of duly licensed
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1 physicians; and provided further, that the possession and
2 dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any
3 church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or
4 religious ceremony conducted by that such church is shall not
5 be prohibited by this Act.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-739, eff. 8-13-98.)