Bill Text: IL HB5584 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the provisions of the Act that prohibit liquor distributors and liquor manufacturers from giving anything of value to a person who has a retailer's license do not authorize the Liquor Control Commission to regulate beverage products that contain one-half of one per cent, or less, of alcohol by volume. Provides that the provisions of the Act shall not apply to any liquid or solid containing one-half of one percent, or less, of alcohol by volume.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-04 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB5584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5584-Engrossed.html
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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 Sections 2-1, 6-5, and 6-6 as follows:
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6 | (235 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 96)
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7 | Sec. 2-1.
No person shall manufacture, bottle, blend, sell, | ||||||
8 | barter,
transport, transfer into this State from a point | ||||||
9 | outside this State,
deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic | ||||||
10 | liquor for beverage purposes,
unless such person has been | ||||||
11 | issued a license by the Commission or except as
permitted by | ||||||
12 | Section 6-29 of this Act or except as otherwise specifically | ||||||
13 | provided in this Act;
provided, however,
nothing herein | ||||||
14 | contained shall prevent the possession and transportation of
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15 | alcoholic liquor by the possessor for the personal use of the | ||||||
16 | possessor,
his family and
guests, nor prevent the making of | ||||||
17 | wine, cider or other alcoholic liquor by
a person from fruits, | ||||||
18 | vegetables or grains, or the products thereof, by
simple | ||||||
19 | fermentation and without distillation, if it is made solely for | ||||||
20 | the
use of the maker, his family and his guests; and provided | ||||||
21 | further that
nothing herein contained shall prevent any duly | ||||||
22 | licensed practicing
physician or dentist from possessing or | ||||||
23 | using alcoholic liquor in the
strict practice of his |
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1 | profession, or any hospital or other institution
caring for | ||||||
2 | sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic
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3 | liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of such hospital | ||||||
4 | or other
institution; and provided further that any drug store | ||||||
5 | employing a licensed
pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic | ||||||
6 | liquors in the concoction of
prescriptions of duly licensed | ||||||
7 | physicians; and provided further, that the
possession and | ||||||
8 | dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any
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9 | church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or | ||||||
10 | religious
ceremony conducted by such church shall not be | ||||||
11 | prohibited by this Act.
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12 | The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any liquid or | ||||||
13 | solid containing one-half of one per cent, or less, of alcohol | ||||||
14 | by volume. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 90-739, eff. 8-13-98.)
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16 | (235 ILCS 5/6-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 122)
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17 | Sec. 6-5.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it | ||||||
18 | is unlawful
for any person having a retailer's license or
any | ||||||
19 | officer, associate, member, representative or agent of such | ||||||
20 | licensee
to accept, receive or borrow money, or anything else | ||||||
21 | of value, or accept
or receive credit (other than merchandising | ||||||
22 | credit in the ordinary
course of business for a period not to | ||||||
23 | exceed 30 days) directly or
indirectly from any manufacturer, | ||||||
24 | importing distributor or distributor
of alcoholic liquor, or | ||||||
25 | from any person connected with or in any way
representing, or |
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1 | from any member of the family of, such manufacturer,
importing | ||||||
2 | distributor, distributor or wholesaler, or from any
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3 | stockholders in any corporation engaged in manufacturing, | ||||||
4 | distributing
or wholesaling of such liquor, or from any | ||||||
5 | officer, manager, agent or
representative of said | ||||||
6 | manufacturer. Except as provided below, it is
unlawful for any | ||||||
7 | manufacturer
or distributor or importing distributor to give or | ||||||
8 | lend money or
anything of value, or otherwise loan or extend | ||||||
9 | credit (except such
merchandising credit) directly or | ||||||
10 | indirectly to any retail licensee or
to the manager, | ||||||
11 | representative, agent, officer or director of such
licensee. A | ||||||
12 | manufacturer, distributor or importing distributor may furnish
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13 | free advertising, posters,
signs, brochures, hand-outs, or | ||||||
14 | other promotional devices or materials to
any unit of | ||||||
15 | government owning or operating any auditorium, exhibition | ||||||
16 | hall,
recreation facility or other similar facility holding a | ||||||
17 | retailer's license,
provided that the primary purpose of such | ||||||
18 | promotional devices or materials
is to promote public events | ||||||
19 | being held at such facility. A unit of government
owning or | ||||||
20 | operating such a facility holding a retailer's license may | ||||||
21 | accept
such promotional devices or materials designed | ||||||
22 | primarily to promote public
events held at the facility. No | ||||||
23 | retail licensee delinquent beyond the
30 day period specified | ||||||
24 | in this Section shall
solicit, accept or receive credit, | ||||||
25 | purchase or acquire alcoholic
liquors, directly or indirectly | ||||||
26 | from any other licensee, and no
manufacturer, distributor or |
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1 | importing distributor shall knowingly grant
or extend credit, | ||||||
2 | sell, furnish or supply alcoholic liquors to any such
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3 | delinquent retail licensee; provided that the purchase price of | ||||||
4 | all beer
sold to a retail licensee shall be paid by the retail | ||||||
5 | licensee in cash
on or before delivery of the beer, and unless | ||||||
6 | the purchase price payable
by a retail licensee for beer sold | ||||||
7 | to him in returnable bottles shall
expressly include a charge | ||||||
8 | for the bottles and cases, the retail
licensee shall, on or | ||||||
9 | before delivery of such beer, pay the seller in
cash a deposit | ||||||
10 | in an amount not less than the deposit required to be
paid by | ||||||
11 | the distributor to the brewer; but where the brewer sells | ||||||
12 | direct
to the retailer, the deposit shall be an amount no less | ||||||
13 | than that
required by the brewer from his own distributors; and | ||||||
14 | provided further,
that in no instance shall this deposit be | ||||||
15 | less than 50 cents for each
case of beer in pint or smaller | ||||||
16 | bottles and 60 cents for each case of
beer in quart or | ||||||
17 | half-gallon bottles; and provided further, that the
purchase | ||||||
18 | price of all beer sold to an importing distributor or
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19 | distributor shall be paid by such importing distributor or | ||||||
20 | distributor
in cash on or before the 15th day (Sundays and | ||||||
21 | holidays excepted) after
delivery of such beer to such | ||||||
22 | purchaser; and unless the purchase price
payable by such | ||||||
23 | importing distributor or distributor for beer sold in
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24 | returnable bottles and cases shall expressly include a charge | ||||||
25 | for the
bottles and cases, such importing distributor or | ||||||
26 | distributor shall, on
or before the 15th day (Sundays and |
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1 | holidays excepted) after delivery of
such beer to such | ||||||
2 | purchaser, pay the seller in cash a required amount as
a | ||||||
3 | deposit to assure the return of such bottles and cases. Nothing | ||||||
4 | herein
contained shall prohibit any licensee from crediting or | ||||||
5 | refunding to a
purchaser the actual amount of money paid for | ||||||
6 | bottles, cases, kegs or
barrels returned by the purchaser to | ||||||
7 | the seller or paid by the purchaser
as a deposit on bottles, | ||||||
8 | cases, kegs or barrels, when such containers or
packages are | ||||||
9 | returned to the seller. Nothing herein contained shall
prohibit | ||||||
10 | any manufacturer, importing distributor or distributor from
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11 | extending usual and customary credit for alcoholic liquor sold | ||||||
12 | to
customers or purchasers who live in or maintain places of | ||||||
13 | business
outside of this State when such alcoholic liquor is | ||||||
14 | actually transported
and delivered to such points outside of | ||||||
15 | this State.
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16 | No right of action shall exist for the collection of any | ||||||
17 | claim based
upon credit extended to a distributor, importing | ||||||
18 | distributor or retail
licensee contrary to the provisions of | ||||||
19 | this Section.
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20 | Every manufacturer, importing distributor and distributor | ||||||
21 | shall
submit or cause to be submitted, to the State Commission, | ||||||
22 | in triplicate,
not later than Thursday of each calendar week, a | ||||||
23 | verified written list
of the names and respective addresses of | ||||||
24 | each retail licensee purchasing
spirits or wine from such | ||||||
25 | manufacturer, importing distributor or
distributor who, on the | ||||||
26 | first business day of that calendar week, was
delinquent beyond |
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1 | the above mentioned permissible merchandising credit
period of | ||||||
2 | 30 days; or, if such is the fact, a verified written statement
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3 | that no retail licensee purchasing spirits or wine was then | ||||||
4 | delinquent
beyond such permissible merchandising credit period | ||||||
5 | of 30 days.
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6 | Every manufacturer, importing distributor and distributor | ||||||
7 | shall
submit or cause to be submitted, to the State Commission, | ||||||
8 | in triplicate,
a verified written list of the names and | ||||||
9 | respective addresses of each
previously reported delinquent | ||||||
10 | retail licensee who has cured such
delinquency by payment, | ||||||
11 | which list shall be submitted not later than the
close of the | ||||||
12 | second full business day following the day such delinquency
was | ||||||
13 | so cured.
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14 | Such written verified reports required to be submitted by | ||||||
15 | this
Section shall be posted by the State Commission in each of | ||||||
16 | its offices
in places available for public inspection not later | ||||||
17 | than the day
following receipt thereof by the Commission. The | ||||||
18 | reports so posted shall
constitute notice to every | ||||||
19 | manufacturer, importing distributor and
distributor of the | ||||||
20 | information contained therein. Actual notice to
manufacturers, | ||||||
21 | importing distributors and distributors of the
information | ||||||
22 | contained in any such posted reports, however received,
shall | ||||||
23 | also constitute notice of such information.
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24 | The 30 day merchandising credit period allowed by this | ||||||
25 | Section shall
commence with the day immediately following the | ||||||
26 | date of invoice and
shall include all successive days including |
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1 | Sundays and holidays to and
including the 30th successive day.
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2 | In addition to other methods allowed by law, payment by | ||||||
3 | check during
the period for which merchandising credit may be | ||||||
4 | extended under the
provisions of this Section shall be | ||||||
5 | considered payment. All checks
received in payment for | ||||||
6 | alcoholic liquor shall be promptly deposited for
collection. A | ||||||
7 | post dated check or a check dishonored on presentation for
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8 | payment shall not be deemed payment.
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9 | A retail licensee shall not be deemed to be delinquent in | ||||||
10 | payment for
any alleged sale to him of alcoholic liquor when | ||||||
11 | there exists a bona fide
dispute between such retailer and a | ||||||
12 | manufacturer, importing distributor
or distributor with | ||||||
13 | respect to the amount of indebtedness existing
because of such | ||||||
14 | alleged sale.
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15 | A delinquent retail licensee who engages in the retail | ||||||
16 | liquor
business at 2 or more locations shall be deemed to be | ||||||
17 | delinquent with
respect to each such location.
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18 | The license of any person who violates any provision of | ||||||
19 | this Section
shall be subject to suspension or revocation in | ||||||
20 | the manner provided by
this Act.
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21 | If any part or provision of this Article or the application | ||||||
22 | thereof
to any person or circumstances shall be adjudged | ||||||
23 | invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such judgment | ||||||
24 | shall be confined by its operation
to the controversy in which | ||||||
25 | it was mentioned and shall not affect or
invalidate the | ||||||
26 | remainder of this Article or the application thereof to
any |
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1 | other person or circumstance and to this and the provisions of | ||||||
2 | this
Article are declared severable.
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3 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer, | ||||||
4 | distributor, or importing distributor from furnishing | ||||||
5 | advertising signs, promotional materials, or fixtures to a | ||||||
6 | retail licensee or a retail licensee from receiving those | ||||||
7 | advertising signs, promotional materials, or fixtures, if the | ||||||
8 | sole use and purpose of the advertising signs, promotional | ||||||
9 | materials, or fixtures is limited to the sale or consumption of | ||||||
10 | beverage products containing one-half of one percent, or less, | ||||||
11 | of alcohol by volume and those beverage products are not | ||||||
12 | marketed for adult consumption as an alternative to alcoholic | ||||||
13 | beverages. A retail licensee is prohibited from using those | ||||||
14 | promotional materials or fixtures for the purpose of promoting | ||||||
15 | the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 83-762.)
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17 | (235 ILCS 5/6-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 123)
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18 | Sec. 6-6.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act no | ||||||
19 | manufacturer or
distributor or importing distributor shall, | ||||||
20 | directly , or indirectly,
sell, supply, furnish, give or pay | ||||||
21 | for, or loan or lease, any
furnishing, fixture or equipment on | ||||||
22 | the premises of a place of business
of another licensee | ||||||
23 | authorized under this Act to sell alcoholic liquor
at retail, | ||||||
24 | either for consumption on or off the premises, nor shall he or | ||||||
25 | she ,
directly or indirectly, pay for any such license, or |
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1 | advance, furnish,
lend or give money for payment of such | ||||||
2 | license, or purchase or become
the owner of any note, mortgage, | ||||||
3 | or other evidence of indebtedness of
such licensee or any form | ||||||
4 | of security therefor, nor shall such
manufacturer, or | ||||||
5 | distributor, or importing distributor, directly or
indirectly, | ||||||
6 | be interested in the ownership, conduct or operation of the
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7 | business of any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic liquor at | ||||||
8 | retail,
nor shall any manufacturer, or distributor, or | ||||||
9 | importing distributor be
interested directly or indirectly or | ||||||
10 | as owner or part owner of said
premises or as lessee or lessor | ||||||
11 | thereof, in any premises upon which
alcoholic liquor is sold at | ||||||
12 | retail.
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13 | No manufacturer or distributor or importing distributor | ||||||
14 | shall,
directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary or | ||||||
15 | affiliate, or by any
officer, director or firm of such | ||||||
16 | manufacturer, distributor or importing
distributor, furnish, | ||||||
17 | give, lend or rent, install, repair or maintain,
to or for any | ||||||
18 | retail licensee in this State, any
signs or inside advertising | ||||||
19 | materials except as provided in this Section and
Section 6-5. | ||||||
20 | With respect to
retail licensees, other than any government | ||||||
21 | owned or operated auditorium,
exhibition hall, recreation | ||||||
22 | facility or other similar facility holding a
retailer's license | ||||||
23 | as described in Section 6-5, a manufacturer,
distributor, or | ||||||
24 | importing distributor may furnish, give, lend or rent and
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25 | erect, install, repair and maintain to or for any retail | ||||||
26 | licensee, for use
at any one time in or about or in connection |
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1 | with a retail establishment on
which the products of the | ||||||
2 | manufacturer, distributor or importing
distributor are sold, | ||||||
3 | the following signs and inside advertising materials
as | ||||||
4 | authorized in subparts (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv):
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5 | (i) Permanent outside signs shall be limited to one | ||||||
6 | outside sign, per
brand, in place and in use at any one | ||||||
7 | time,
costing not more than $893, exclusive of erection,
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8 | installation, repair and maintenance costs, and permit | ||||||
9 | fees and
shall bear only the manufacturer's name, brand | ||||||
10 | name, trade name, slogans,
markings, trademark, or other | ||||||
11 | symbols commonly associated with and generally
used in | ||||||
12 | identifying the product including, but not limited to, | ||||||
13 | "cold beer", "on
tap", "carry out", and "packaged liquor".
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14 | (ii) Temporary outside signs shall be
limited to one | ||||||
15 | temporary outside sign per brand. Examples of temporary | ||||||
16 | outside
signs are banners, flags, pennants,
streamers, and | ||||||
17 | other items of a temporary and non-permanent
nature. Each | ||||||
18 | temporary outside sign must include the manufacturer's | ||||||
19 | name,
brand name, trade name, slogans, markings,
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20 | trademark, or other symbol commonly associated with and | ||||||
21 | generally used in
identifying the product. Temporary | ||||||
22 | outside signs may also include,
for example, the product,
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23 | price, packaging, date or dates of a promotion and an | ||||||
24 | announcement of a
retail licensee's specific sponsored | ||||||
25 | event, if the temporary outside sign is
intended to promote | ||||||
26 | a product, and provided that the announcement of the retail
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1 | licensee's event and the product promotion are held | ||||||
2 | simultaneously. However,
temporary outside signs may not | ||||||
3 | include names, slogans, markings, or logos that
relate to | ||||||
4 | the retailer. Nothing in this subpart (ii) shall prohibit a
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5 | distributor or importing distributor from bearing the cost | ||||||
6 | of creating or
printing a temporary outside sign for the | ||||||
7 | retail licensee's specific sponsored
event or from bearing | ||||||
8 | the cost of creating or printing a temporary sign for a
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9 | retail licensee containing, for example, community | ||||||
10 | goodwill expressions,
regional sporting event | ||||||
11 | announcements, or seasonal messages, provided that the
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12 | primary purpose of the temporary outside sign is to | ||||||
13 | highlight, promote, or
advertise the product.
In addition, | ||||||
14 | temporary outside signs provided by the manufacturer to
the | ||||||
15 | distributor or importing distributor may also include, for | ||||||
16 | example, subject
to the limitations of this Section, | ||||||
17 | preprinted community goodwill expressions,
sporting event | ||||||
18 | announcements, seasonal messages, and manufacturer | ||||||
19 | promotional
announcements. However, a distributor or | ||||||
20 | importing distributor shall not bear
the cost of such | ||||||
21 | manufacturer preprinted signs.
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22 | (iii) Permanent inside
signs, whether visible from the | ||||||
23 | outside or the inside of the premises,
include, but are not | ||||||
24 | limited to: alcohol lists and menus that may include
names, | ||||||
25 | slogans, markings, or logos that relate to the retailer; | ||||||
26 | neons;
illuminated signs; clocks; table lamps; mirrors; |
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1 | tap handles; decalcomanias;
window painting; and window | ||||||
2 | trim. All permanent inside signs in place
and in use at any | ||||||
3 | one time shall cost in the aggregate not more than $2000 | ||||||
4 | per
manufacturer. A permanent inside sign must include the
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5 | manufacturer's name, brand name, trade name, slogans, | ||||||
6 | markings, trademark, or
other symbol commonly associated | ||||||
7 | with and generally used in identifying
the product. | ||||||
8 | However,
permanent inside signs may not include names, | ||||||
9 | slogans, markings, or logos
that relate to the retailer. | ||||||
10 | For the purpose of this subpart (iii), all
permanent inside | ||||||
11 | signs may be displayed in an adjacent courtyard or patio
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12 | commonly referred to as a "beer garden" that is a part of | ||||||
13 | the retailer's
licensed premises.
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14 | (iv) Temporary inside signs shall include, but are not | ||||||
15 | limited to, lighted
chalk boards, acrylic table tent | ||||||
16 | beverage or hors d'oeuvre list holders,
banners, flags, | ||||||
17 | pennants, streamers, and inside advertising materials such | ||||||
18 | as
posters, placards, bowling sheets, table tents, inserts | ||||||
19 | for acrylic table tent
beverage or hors d'oeuvre list | ||||||
20 | holders, sports schedules,
or similar printed or | ||||||
21 | illustrated materials; however, such items, for example,
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22 | as coasters, trays, napkins, glassware and cups shall not | ||||||
23 | be deemed to be
inside signs or advertising materials and | ||||||
24 | may only be sold to retailers. All
temporary inside signs | ||||||
25 | and inside advertising materials in place and in use at
any | ||||||
26 | one time shall cost in the aggregate not more than $325 per |
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1 | manufacturer.
Nothing in this subpart (iv) prohibits a | ||||||
2 | distributor or importing distributor
from paying the cost | ||||||
3 | of
printing or creating any temporary inside banner or | ||||||
4 | inserts for acrylic table
tent beverage or hors d'oeuvre | ||||||
5 | list holders for a retail licensee, provided
that the | ||||||
6 | primary purpose for the banner or insert is to highlight, | ||||||
7 | promote, or
advertise the product. For the purpose of this | ||||||
8 | subpart (iv), all temporary
inside signs and inside | ||||||
9 | advertising materials may be displayed in an adjacent
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10 | courtyard or patio commonly referred to as a "beer garden" | ||||||
11 | that is a part of
the retailer's licensed premises.
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12 | A "cost adjustment factor" shall be used to periodically | ||||||
13 | update the
dollar limitations prescribed in subparts (i), | ||||||
14 | (iii), and (iv). The Commission
shall establish the adjusted | ||||||
15 | dollar limitation on an annual basis beginning in
January, | ||||||
16 | 1997. The term "cost adjustment factor"
means a percentage | ||||||
17 | equal to the change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer | ||||||
18 | Price Index or 5%, whichever is greater.
The restrictions | ||||||
19 | contained in this Section 6-6 do not apply to signs, or
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20 | promotional or advertising materials furnished by | ||||||
21 | manufacturers, distributors
or importing distributors to a | ||||||
22 | government owned or operated facility holding
a retailer's | ||||||
23 | license as described in Section 6-5.
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24 | No distributor or importing distributor shall directly or | ||||||
25 | indirectly
or through a subsidiary or affiliate, or by any | ||||||
26 | officer, director or
firm of such manufacturer, distributor or |
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1 | importing distributor,
furnish, give, lend or rent, install, | ||||||
2 | repair or maintain, to or for any
retail licensee in this | ||||||
3 | State, any signs or
inside advertising materials described in | ||||||
4 | subparts (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv)
of this Section except as | ||||||
5 | the agent for or on behalf of a manufacturer,
provided that the | ||||||
6 | total cost of any signs and inside advertising materials
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7 | including but not limited to labor, erection, installation and | ||||||
8 | permit fees
shall be paid by the manufacturer whose product or | ||||||
9 | products said signs
and inside advertising materials advertise | ||||||
10 | and except as follows:
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11 | A distributor or importing distributor may purchase from or | ||||||
12 | enter into a
written agreement with a manufacturer or a | ||||||
13 | manufacturer's designated supplier
and such manufacturer or | ||||||
14 | the manufacturer's designated supplier may sell or
enter into | ||||||
15 | an agreement to sell to a distributor or importing distributor
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16 | permitted signs and advertising materials described in | ||||||
17 | subparts (ii), (iii), or
(iv) of this Section for the purpose | ||||||
18 | of furnishing, giving, lending, renting,
installing, | ||||||
19 | repairing, or maintaining such signs or advertising materials | ||||||
20 | to or
for any retail licensee in this State. Any purchase by a | ||||||
21 | distributor or
importing distributor from a manufacturer or a | ||||||
22 | manufacturer's designated
supplier shall be voluntary and the | ||||||
23 | manufacturer may not require the
distributor or the importing | ||||||
24 | distributor to purchase signs or advertising
materials from the | ||||||
25 | manufacturer or the manufacturer's designated supplier.
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26 | A distributor or importing distributor shall be deemed the |
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1 | owner of such
signs or advertising materials purchased from a | ||||||
2 | manufacturer or
a manufacturer's designated supplier.
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3 | The provisions of Public Act 90-373
concerning signs or | ||||||
4 | advertising materials delivered by a manufacturer to a
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5 | distributor or importing distributor shall apply only to signs | ||||||
6 | or advertising
materials delivered on or after August 14, 1997.
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7 | No person engaged in the business of manufacturing, | ||||||
8 | importing or
distributing alcoholic liquors shall, directly or | ||||||
9 | indirectly, pay for,
or advance, furnish, or lend money for the | ||||||
10 | payment of any license for
another. Any licensee who shall | ||||||
11 | permit or assent, or be a party in any
way to any violation or | ||||||
12 | infringement of the provisions of this Section
shall be deemed | ||||||
13 | guilty of a violation of this Act, and any money loaned
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14 | contrary to a provision of this Act shall not be recovered | ||||||
15 | back, or any
note, mortgage or other evidence of indebtedness, | ||||||
16 | or security, or any
lease or contract obtained or made contrary | ||||||
17 | to this Act shall be
unenforceable and void.
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18 | This Section shall not apply to airplane licensees | ||||||
19 | exercising powers
provided in paragraph (i) of Section 5-1 of | ||||||
20 | this Act.
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21 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer, | ||||||
22 | distributor, or importing distributor from furnishing | ||||||
23 | advertising signs, promotional materials, or fixtures to a | ||||||
24 | retail licensee or a retail licensee from receiving those | ||||||
25 | advertising signs, promotional materials, or fixtures, if the | ||||||
26 | sole use and purpose of those advertising signs, promotional |
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1 | materials, or fixtures is limited to the sale or consumption of | ||||||
2 | beverage products containing one-half of one percent, or less, | ||||||
3 | of alcohol by volume and those beverage products are not | ||||||
4 | marketed for adult consumption as an alternative to alcoholic | ||||||
5 | beverages. A retail licensee is prohibited from using those | ||||||
6 | promotional materials or fixtures for the purpose of promoting | ||||||
7 | the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 89-238, eff. 8-4-95; 89-529, eff. 7-19-96; | ||||||
9 | 90-373, eff.
8-14-97; 90-432, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. | ||||||
10 | 7-30-98; revised 9-24-13.)
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