Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 100 - THE ILLINOIS LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION › Section 100.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following words or phrases are defined as follows:
"Act" means the Liquor Control Act of 1934 [235 ILCS
				5 ].
"Airplane" shall be deemed to include railroads and
				airplanes.
"Alcoholic Liquor" includes alcohol, spirits, wine and
				beer, and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits,
				wine or beer, and, in the judgment of the Commission, capable of being consumed
				as a beverage by a human being.
The word "solid" means any substance
				which, by dilution or processing, becomes an alcoholic beverage. [235 ILCS
				5/1-3.05 ]
"Commission" means Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
"Co-branded alcoholic beverage" means any alcoholic liquor
				containing the same or similar brand name, logo, or packaging as a
				non-alcoholic beverage.
"Co-partnership" means an association of two or more persons to
				carry on as co-owners of a business for profit.
"Corporation" means any corporation, domestic or foreign,
				qualified to do business in the State of Illinois under the Business
				Corporation Act of 1983 [805 ILCS 5 ],
				including a limited liability company as defined in this Section.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Revenue.
"Event" means a single theme.
"IAPA" means the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
				[5 ILCS
				100 ].
"Immediately adjacent" means directly touching or immediately
				bordering one another from above, below, or the side. "Immediately adjacent"
				does not include a separate aisle.
"Limited Liability Company" means a legal business entity
				created and recognized under the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act
				[805 ILCS
				180 ].
"Manager" or "Agent" means any individual employed by any
				licensed place of business, provided the individual possesses the same
				qualifications required of the licensee. Satisfactory evidence of such
				employment will be furnished the Commission in the form and manner as the
				Commission shall from time to time prescribe.
"Manufacturer" means every brewer, fermenter,
				distiller, rectifier, wine maker, blender, processor, bottler or person who
				fills or refills an original package, whether for
themself
or
				for another, and others engaged in brewing, fermenting, distilling, rectifying
				or bottling alcoholic liquors.
"Manufacturer" shall include every
				person who, in the process of filling or refilling an original package with
				alcoholic liquors purchased by such person, changes the degree or quality of
				such alcoholic liquors by any manner or means whatsoever. [235 ILCS
				5/1-3.08 ]
"Meal" means food that is prepared and served on the licensed
				premises and excludes the serving of snacks.
"Minor" means a person under 18 years of age. (See A.G. opinion
				No. S-672 12/27/73.)
"Partner" is any individual who is a member of a
				co-partnership.
"Person" includes corporations, co-partnerships, associations,
				clubs, individuals, trustees, receivers, assignees, and executors,
				administrators or other personal representatives of decedents.
"Premises" or "Place of Business" means the place or location
				where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, stored, displayed, or offered for
				sale or where drinks containing alcoholic beverages are mixed, concocted and
				served for consumption. Not included are sidewalks, streets, parking areas and
				grounds adjacent to any such place or location.
"Resident" means any person (other than a corporation) who has
				resided, and maintained a bona fide residence, in the State of Illinois for at
				least one year and in the city, village or county in which the premises covered
				by the license are located for at least 90 days prior to making application for
				such license.
"Retail sales floor" means the part of a retailer's premises
				that contains goods on display that are freely accessible to the
				consumer.
"Service Bar" means a place or location not within view of the
				general public where beer and wine may be poured and served through a draught
				system. A service bar may only be located in a kitchen, food preparation area,
				or wait or server station area of a retail licensee who primarily serves meals,
				as described in this Section.
"Tasting" means a supervised presentation of alcoholic products
				to the public at an off-premise licensed retailer for the purpose of
				disseminating product information and education, with consumption of alcoholic
				products being an incidental part of the presentation. Only products registered
				with the Commission may be tasted in the following amounts: Distilled Spirits
				1/4 oz., Wine 1 oz., and Beer 2 oz.; notice of the tasting may be given.
				Tasting must be done by a licensee and/or a registered tasting representative
				in accordance with Section
				100.40.
"Test Marketing" means to test new products or products
				unfamiliar to the sampler through a marketing firm or the like.
"Wine" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the
				fermentation of the natural contents of fruits, vegetables or honey, containing
				sugar, including such beverages when fortified by the addition of alcohol or
				spirits
, provided that the alcoholic content does not exceed 24 per
				cent of alcohol by volume. [235 ILCS 5/1-3.03
				]