(a) To protect personal privacy, this chapter shall not require a purchaser to provide a dispensing organization with personal information other than government-issued identification to determine the purchaser's age, and a dispensing organization shall not obtain and record personal information about a purchaser without the purchaser's consent. A dispensing organization shall use an electronic reader or electronic scanning device to scan a purchaser's government-issued identification, if applicable, to determine the purchaser's age and the validity of the identification. Any identifying or personal information of a purchaser obtained or received in accordance with this section shall not be retained, used, shared or disclosed for any purpose except as authorized by Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act [410 ILCS 705/1 et seq.].
(b) A person who is under twenty-one years of age may not present or offer to a cannabis business establishment or the cannabis business establishment's principal or employee any written or oral evidence of age that is false, fraudulent, or not actually the person's own, for the purpose of:
(1) Purchasing, attempting to purchase, or otherwise obtaining or attempting to obtain cannabis or any cannabis product; or
(2) Gaining access to a cannabis business establishment.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor consistent with Section 6-20 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 [235 ILCS 5/6-20].
(d) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person for a violation of this section under Section 6-206 of the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5/6-206] and the rules adopted under it.
(e) No agent or employee of the licensee shall be disciplined or discharged for selling or furnishing cannabis or cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age if the agent or employee demanded and was shown, before furnishing cannabis or cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age, adequate written evidence of age and identity of the person. This subsection (e) does not apply if the agent or employee accepted the written evidence knowing it to be false or fraudulent. Adequate written evidence of age and identity of the person is a document issued by a Federal, State, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate issued under the Military Selective Service Act, or an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces. Proof that the licensee or his or her employee or agent was shown and reasonably relied upon such written evidence in any transaction forbidden by this section is an affirmative defense in any criminal prosecution therefor or to any proceedings for the suspension or revocation of any license based thereon.
(Ord. 2019-59. Passed 11-18-19.)