Alcohol Legislation - Illinois

ADOPT-REQUIRE HEALTH INFO Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that individual health information summaries concerning the child and each birth parent shall be filed within 14 days of the petition filing in all adoptions of unrelated minors. Provides that each preadoption investigation shall review the health summaries. Provides that health summaries shall be without any information identifying either birth parent and shall summarize significant medical, dental, and mental health information including diseases, disabilities, alcohol or drug abuse, hereditary conditions or diseases, and drugs or medications used by the birth mother during the child's pregnancy. Provides that adoptive parents or the adopted child when he or she is an adult may petition the court for the release of the summaries. Provides that no liability shall attach to anyone who provides information for a health summary or to the adoption registry (at present, liability protections only apply to the adoption registry).[...]

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LIQUOR-RETAIL WINE SHPMNT Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Sets forth additional duties of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission concerning direct wine shipments. Provides for a direct wine shipper's license. Deletes provisions (i) permitting first-class and second-class wine-maker licensees to sell wine directly to retailers and (ii) prohibiting the issuance of more than one first-class or second-class wine-maker's license to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity. Changes the description of a second-class wine-maker's license to allow the manufacture of between 50,000 and 150,000 gallons of wine per year (now, 50,000 to 100,000 gallons). Provides that a wine-maker's premises license shall allow a licensee who concurrently holds a second-class wine-maker's license to sell and offer for sale at retail in the premises specified in such license up to 150,000 gallons (now, 100,000 gallons) of the second-class wine-maker's wine that is made at the [...]

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LQR CNTRL-INVITEES UNDER 21 Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision prohibiting a parent or guardian from knowingly authorizing or permitting any person under the age of 21 years from using alcoholic liquor by failing to control access to either the residence or the alcoholic liquor maintained in the residence, provides that where a violation of the provision directly or indirectly results in bodily harm to any person, the person violating this provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to prohibit the giving of alcoholic liquor to a person under the age of 21 years in observation of a religious holiday (now, only a person under the age of 21 years in the performance of a religious ceremony or service). Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that it is unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly permit his or her residence to be used by an invitee of the [...]

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TRANSPORTATION-TECH Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-101Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.675 new625 ILCS 5/1-101.9 new625 [...]

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DISABLED ADULT-FETAL ALCOHOL Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the term "developmental disability" includes a disability that is attributable to "fetal alcohol syndrome" or "fetal alcohol effects" (in addition to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism). Effective January 1, 2008. House Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 755 ILCS 5/11a-2from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-2 Further amends the Probate Act of 1975. Adds to the definition of "disabled person" the following: a person who is diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol effects. House Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to:

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FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS Creates the Family and Personal Protection Act. Establishes statewide uniform standards for the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms in this State. Vests in the county sheriff the authority to issue concealed firearms permits to qualified applicants. Requires an applicant to complete a training course in handgun use, safety, and marksmanship. Also requires instruction in the law relating to firearm use. Requires an applicant to be at least 21 years of age. Prohibits an applicant who has been convicted of a felony or has a history of mental illness, addiction, or habitual alcohol use from obtaining a permit. Creates the Citizen Safety and Self-Defense Trust Fund in each county administered by the sheriff. Provides that the moneys in the Fund shall be used to administer the Act. Establishes restrictions on carrying concealed firearms. Establishes standards for the training course and for certifying instructors. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification [...]

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CRIM CD-RECKLESS HOMICIDE Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone or in a construction or maintenance zone and he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Corrects erroneous cross references in the statute concerning reckless homicide. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that in cases involving reckless homicide in which the defendant unintentionally kills an individual while driving in a posted school zone or in a construction or maintenance zone, the trier of fact may infer that the defendant's actions were performed recklessly where he or she was also either driving at a speed of more than 10 miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit or violating the DUI provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code [...]

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LQR CNTRL ACT-REG TRADEMARKS Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a Section involving trade mark registration, provides that prior to amending or withdrawing such registration, each manufacturer, non-resident dealer, distributor, importing distributor, or foreign importer who owns or controls the trade mark, brand name, or name of any alcoholic liquor shall, at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the registration amendment or withdrawal, notify each person to whom such manufacturer, non-resident dealer, distributor, importing distributor, or foreign importer previously granted the right to sell at wholesale, specifying the particular trade mark, brand, or name of alcoholic liquor as to which such right is amended or withdrawn and the geographical area or areas for which such right is amended or withdrawn to such person. At the written request of all affected parties, the 30 day notification requirement may be waived by the Liquor Control Commission. Effective immediately.[...]

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WORKERS COMPENSATION-VARIOUS Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Makes numerous changes as follows: provides that an injury by accident is compensable only if the accident was the prevailing factor in causing both the resulting medical condition and disability; makes changes regarding notice of accidents; makes changes in computation of compensation paid to certain employees who, before the accident for which an employee claims compensation, had sustained an injury; makes changes regarding review of awards; limits certain cumulative awards for partial disability; provides for certification of permanent partial or total disability by physicians; provides that no compensation is payable for certain injuries involving alcohol or drugs; changes qualifications for Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission commissioners and arbitrators; contains provisions regarding evidentiary matters and statutory construction; makes changes regarding [...]

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TOBACCO-MINORS Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Provides that a minor under 18 years of age in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any of its forms shall not display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. Provides that tobacco products may be sold through a vending machine only if such tobacco products are not placed together with any non-tobacco product, other than matches, in the vending machine. Provides that the sale or distribution by any person of a tobacco product, including but not limited to a single or loose cigarette, that is not contained within a sealed container, pack, or package as provided by the manufacturer, which container, pack, or package bears the health warning required by federal law, is prohibited. Eliminates provisions that permit tobacco vending machines in: (1) factories, businesses, offices, private clubs, and other [...]

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LQR CNTRL-ALCOPOP LABEL Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Changes the definition of "alcopop" to include an energy drink containing alcohol or other stimulants, including, but not limited to, caffeine, guarana, taurine, or ginseng. Provides that no entity shall sell alcopop beverages for consumption unless the alcopop beverage containers, cartons, wrappers, case, packaging, and labels contain or have imprinted on a sticker firmly affixed to the packaging that contains specific information. Sets forth the specific requirements for the content and format for the labeling of alcopop beverages. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to be inconsistent with any other provision of State or federal laws, rules, or regulations regarding the labeling of alcoholic beverages. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2009. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the contents of the introduced bill with the [...]

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TOBACCO-MINORS-FALSE ID Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Provides that a minor under 18 years of age in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in any of its forms shall not display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. Provides that tobacco products may be sold through a vending machine only if such tobacco products are not placed together with any non-tobacco product, other than matches, in the vending machine. Provides that the sale or distribution by any person of a tobacco product, including, but not limited to, a single or loose cigarette, that is not contained within a sealed container, pack, or package as provided by the manufacturer, which container, pack, or package bears the health warning required by federal law, is prohibited. Eliminates provisions that permit tobacco vending machines in: (1) factories, businesses, offices, private clubs,[...]

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