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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Liquor, Sections 6-6, 6-7, 6-9, 6-11, and 6-16 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 6-1. - Short title.
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Liquor Control Act
Sec. 6-6. - Retailer's liquor license required.
(a) No person shall sell at retail any alcoholic liquor in unincorporated Cook County without first having obtained a County retailer's liquor license for each premise where the retailer is located to sell the same. Any violation of a provision in this article shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $15,000.00. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Proceedings for administrative adjudication of alleged violations of this Section shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures set out in Chapter 2, Article IX, of the Cook County Code of Ordinances.
(b) The annual fee for a retailer's liquor license is hereby established and the fee for this license is set out in Section 32-1. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the 2021-2022 licensing year, the application fee for a license will be $2,000.00.
(c) Every license shall be valid for a period of one year from the May 1 to the following April 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 license year is extended through June 30, 2021. The 2021-2022 license year will be from July 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022. The 2021-2022 license must be obtained by July 1, 2021. Except as herein otherwise provided, every license shall be subject to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.) and shall be subject to all laws, resolutions and regulations now in force and effect or which may hereinafter be enacted, adopted, or approved relating to alcoholic liquor.
(d) No person shall sell at retail...
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