Sen. William Delgado

Filed: 5/27/2014

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1463

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1463 on page 4, by

3 replacing lines 11 through 25 with the following:

4 "If the premises for which a license was issued are located

5 within a city, village, or incorporated town having a

6 population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants and the local

7 liquor control commissioner has evidence that the following

8 criminal activity has occurred inside the licensed premises:

9 the sale of or possession with intent to sell controlled

10 substances or marijuana, the sale of or possession with intent

11 to sell firearms, homicide, criminal sexual assault or criminal

12 sexual abuse, aggravated assault or aggravated battery, then

13 the local liquor control commissioner may, without notice or

14 hearing, and upon the issuance of a written order stating that

15 the continued operation of the licensed premises poses an

16 immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the

17 community, order the licensed premises closed for not more than

18 30 days, giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard during

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1 that period. If the licensee is granted a continuance during

2 this time, the licensed premises shall remain closed until a

3 judgment is entered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the

4 licensed premises will be allowed to remain open if the

5 criminal activity is timely reported by the licensee, or its

6 agents, pursuant to local ordinance, and the criminal activity

7 shall not be used as a basis for suspension under this Act. A

8 distributor may, in coordination with the local liquor control

9 commissioner and the local police department, remove any

10 product from the licensed premises for which the distributor

11 has not received full payment from the licensee at the time of

12 the closure of the premises. The distributor shall provide the

13 local liquor control commissioner with a document outlining the

14 products for which full payment has not been received.".