Chapter 235 — LIQUOR

(235 ILCS 5/6-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 122) Sec. 6-5. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is unlawful for any person having a retailer's license or any officer, associate, member, representative or agent of such licensee to accept, receive or borrow money, or anything e…

(235 ILCS 5/6-5.5) Sec. 6-5.5. Consignment sales prohibited; retailer returns. (a) In this Section, "retailer" means a retailer, special event retailer, special use permit licensee, caterer retailer, or brew pub. (b) It is unlawful for a manufacturer with self-distribution privil…

(235 ILCS 5/6-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 123) Sec. 6-6. Except as otherwise provided in this Act no manufacturer or distributor or importing distributor shall, directly or indirectly, sell, supply, furnish, give or pay for, or loan or lease, any furnishing, fixture or equipment on the…

(235 ILCS 5/6-6.1) Sec. 6-6.1. Stocking, rotation, resetting, and pricing services. (a) In this Section: "Reset" means the large-scale rearrangement of the alcoholic liquor products at a retailer's premises. "Rotation" means moving newer, fresher products from a storage area to a…

(235 ILCS 5/6-6.3) Sec. 6-6.3. Non-alcoholic merchandise. (a) Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to regulate or exercise jurisdiction over any action, transaction, and business of manufacturers, distributors, or retailers engaged in any tra…

(235 ILCS 5/6-6.5) Sec. 6-6.5. Sanitation and use of growlers and crowlers. (a) A manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor may not provide for free, but may sell coil cleaning services and installation services, including labor costs, to a retail licensee at fair marke…

(235 ILCS 5/6-6.6) Sec. 6-6.6. Giving, selling, and leasing dispensing equipment. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor may: (1) give dispensing equipment free of charge to a retailer, special use permit l…

(235 ILCS 5/6-7) (from Ch. 43, par. 124) Sec. 6-7. No manufacturer or distributor or importing distributor or foreign importer shall sell or deliver any package containing alcoholic liquor manufactured or distributed by him unless the same shall have affixed thereto all cancelled…

(235 ILCS 5/6-8) (from Ch. 43, par. 125) Sec. 6-8. Each manufacturer or importing distributor or foreign importer shall keep an accurate record of all alcoholic liquors manufactured, distributed, sold, used, or delivered by him in this State during each month, showing therein to …

(235 ILCS 5/6-9) (from Ch. 43, par. 126) Sec. 6-9. Registration of trade marks; sale within geographical area; delivery to authorized persons. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that for purposes of ensuring the preservation and enhancement of interbrand competition in the…

(235 ILCS 5/6-9.1) Sec. 6-9.1. Deliveries to retail establishments. (a) A distributor of wine or spirits shall deliver to any retailer within any geographic area in which that distributor has been granted by a wholesaler the right to sell its trademark, brand, or name at least on…

(235 ILCS 5/6-9.10) Sec. 6-9.10. Cooperative purchasing agreements. (a) A cooperative purchasing agreement shall only be valid if the following conditions are met: (1) the agreement is in writing and signed by all parties to the agreement; (2) the agreement contains the complete …

(235 ILCS 5/6-9.15) Sec. 6-9.15. Quantity discounting terms for wine or spirits cooperative purchase agreements. (a) All wine or spirits quantity discount programs offered to consumption off the premises retailers must be offered to all consumption off the premises cooperative gr…

(235 ILCS 5/6-9.5) Sec. 6-9.5. Definitions. As used in this Section through Section 6-9.15: "Common ownership" means any ownership interest of more than 5% of the total ownership interest of 2 or more retail licensees. "Cooperative agent" means a person or persons with the author…

(235 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 145) Sec. 7-1. An applicant for a retail license from the State Commission shall submit to the State Commission an application in writing under oath stating: (1) The applicant's name and mailing address; (2) The name and address of the applican…

(235 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 43, par. 154) Sec. 7-10. A copy of the rule, regulation, order or decision of the State commission or the license appeal commission, in any proceeding before it, certified under the seal of said commission, shall be served upon each party of record to …

(235 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 43, par. 154a) Sec. 7-11. Judicial review. All final administrative decisions of the State Commission under this Act shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.…

(235 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 43, par. 155) Sec. 7-12. Whenever any licensee shall have been convicted by any court of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of this Act, he shall, in addition to the penalties for such offense, incur a forfeiture of his state and local license…

(235 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 43, par. 156) Sec. 7-13. Granting licenses after revocation; waiting period; discretion. When any license shall have been revoked for any cause, no license shall be granted to any person for the period of one year thereafter for the conduct of the busi…

(235 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 43, par. 157) Sec. 7-14. Separate license for each premise; transfer to other premises. Licenses issued hereunder apply only to the premises described in the application and in the license issued thereon, and only one location shall be so described in …

(235 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 146) Sec. 7-2. License fee payable with applications. All applications to the State Commission shall be accompanied by the deposit of a check or draft drawn on a bank or savings and loan association within this State or United States postal mon…

(235 ILCS 5/7-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 147) Sec. 7-3. If a licensee shall be convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act, or his license shall be revoked and no appeal is taken from said order of revocation or any appeal taken therefrom is decided adversely to th…

(235 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 148) Sec. 7-4. At any time during the pendency of an application the State commission shall have the right to compel the applicant to submit to any examination and to produce any books and records which, in the judgment of the State commission,…

(235 ILCS 5/7-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 149) Sec. 7-5. The local liquor control commissioner may revoke or suspend any license issued by him if he determines that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this Act or of any valid ordinance or resolution enacted by the partic…

(235 ILCS 5/7-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 150) Sec. 7-6. All proceedings for the revocation or suspension of licenses of manufacturers, distributors, importing distributors, non-resident dealers, foreign importers, non-beverage users, railroads, airplanes and boats shall be before the …

(235 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 43, par. 151) Sec. 7-7. Any five residents of the city, village or county shall have the right to file a complaint with the local commission stating that any retailer licensee, subject to the jurisdiction of the local commission, has been or is violatin…

(235 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 43, par. 152) Sec. 7-8. For each city, village or incorporated town having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants, there is established a license appeal commission consisting of the chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, the most senio…

(235 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 43, par. 153) Sec. 7-9. Except as provided in this Section, any order or action of a local liquor control commissioner levying a fine or refusing to levy a fine on a licensee, granting or refusing to grant a license, revoking or suspending or refusing t…

(235 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 157a) Sec. 7A-1. For the purposes of this Article: "Warehouse" means any room, house, structure, building, place, yard or protected enclosure wherein personal property belonging to another is stored for a compensation. "Warehouseman" means any…

(235 ILCS 5/7A-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 157b) Sec. 7A-2. On and after August 1, 1937, it shall be unlawful for any warehouseman to receive, hold, store or deliver any alcoholic liquors without a certificate of registration from the Department. Application for a certificate of regist…

(235 ILCS 5/7A-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 157c) Sec. 7A-3. It shall be unlawful for any person to store any alcoholic liquors with or deliver any alcoholic liquors to any warehouseman who has not received a certificate of registration from the Department. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 157d) Sec. 7A-4. On or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, every warehouseman holding a certificate of registration under this Article shall file a return with the Department covering the preceding calendar month stating: 1. The n…

(235 ILCS 5/7A-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 157e) Sec. 7A-5. Each warehouseman included in this Article shall keep or cause to be kept, at his registered address, a record showing all alcoholic liquors actually or constructively received by him as a warehouseman, held, stored or actuall…

(235 ILCS 5/7A-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 157f) Sec. 7A-6. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Article or any of the rules and regulations of the Department for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Article is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. I…

(235 ILCS 5/8-1) Sec. 8-1. A tax is imposed upon the privilege of engaging in business as a manufacturer or as an importing distributor of alcoholic liquor other than beer at the rate of $0.185 per gallon until September 1, 2009 and $0.231 per gallon beginning September 1, 2009 f…

(235 ILCS 5/8-10) (from Ch. 43, par. 164) Sec. 8-10. It is the duty of each manufacturer, importing distributor and foreign importer to keep, at his licensed address or place of business, complete and accurate records of all sales or other dispositions of alcoholic liquor, and co…

(235 ILCS 5/8-10.5) Sec. 8-10.5. Beer production quantity reporting. (a) As used in this Section: "Directly" means that a licensed distributor was not used in the transaction. "Final packaging container" means the last vessel in which beer is held before (i) consumption by an ind…

(235 ILCS 5/8-11) (from Ch. 43, par. 164 1/2) Sec. 8-11. Every person licensed as a non-beverage user hereunder shall keep books and records which shall be available to investigators and/or auditors of the Department during regular business hours, and shall retain such books and …

(235 ILCS 5/8-12) (from Ch. 43, par. 164 3/4) Sec. 8-12. It shall be the duty of every railroad company, express company, common or contract carrier, and of every person, firm or corporation that shall bring, carry or transport alcoholic liquors into the State of Illinois for del…

(235 ILCS 5/8-13) (from Ch. 43, par. 165) Sec. 8-13. The Department of Revenue may make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the administration of the duties vested in it by the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/8-14) (from Ch. 43, par. 165a) Sec. 8-14. All of the provisions of Sections 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i and 5j of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, are by reference incorporated in and made a part of this…

(235 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 159) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-451) Sec. 8-2. Payments; reports. It is the duty of each manufacturer with respect to alcoholic liquor produced or imported by such manufacturer, or purchased tax-free by such manufacturer from…

(235 ILCS 5/8-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 159a) Sec. 8-3. If it appears, after claim therefor filed with the Department, that an amount of tax or penalty or interest has been paid which was not due under this Article, whether as the result of a mistake of fact or an error of law, excep…

(235 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 163) Sec. 8-4. If a person fails to file a return as required by this Article, or having filed an incorrect or insufficient return, fails to file a corrected or sufficient return, as the case may require, within 10 days after the giving of noti…

(235 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 163a) Sec. 8-5. As soon as practicable after any return is filed, the Department shall examine such return or amended return and shall correct such return according to its best judgment and information, which return so corrected by the Departme…

(235 ILCS 5/8-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 163b) Sec. 8-6. The Department, or any officer or employee designated in writing by the Director thereof, for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act, may hold investigations and hearings concerning any matters cov…

(235 ILCS 5/8-7) (from Ch. 43, par. 163c) Sec. 8-7. All hearings provided for in Section 8-5 of this Act shall be held in the county wherein the licensee has his principal place of business; provided, that if the licensee does not have his or her principal place of business in th…

(235 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 43, par. 163d) Sec. 8-8. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, papers, records or memoranda in any investigation or upon any hearing, when ordered to do so by the Department or any officer or employee thereof, upon the …

(235 ILCS 5/8-9) (from Ch. 43, par. 163e) Sec. 8-9. Tax information; confidentiality. All information received by the Department from returns filed under this Act, or from any investigation conducted under this Act, shall be confidential, except for official purposes, and any per…

(235 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 166) Sec. 9-1. The words and phrases defined in this section and used in this Article, unless inconsistent with the context, shall be construed as follows: "Precinct" means any part of a city, village or incorporated town of over 200,000 popula…