(A) Except as provided in division (C) below, no driver may transport, carry, possess or have any alcoholic liquor within the passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this city except in the original container and with the seal unbroken.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) below, no passenger may carry, possess or have any alcoholic liquor within any passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this city except in the original container and with the seal unbroken.
(C) This section shall not apply to the passengers in a limousine when it is being used for purposes for which a limousine is ordinarily used, the passengers on a chartered bus when it is being used for purposes for which chartered buses are ordinarily used or on a motor home or mini motor home. However, the driver of the vehicle is prohibited from consuming or having any alcoholic liquor in or about the driver’s area. Any evidence of alcoholic consumption by the driver shall be prima facie evidence of the driver’s failure to obey this section. In this section, LIMOUSINE means a motor vehicle of the first division with the passenger compartment enclosed by a partition or dividing window used in the for-hire transportation of passengers and operated by an individual in possession of a valid state driver’s license of the appropriate classification pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 6-104 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(D) The exemption applicable to chartered buses under division (C) above does not apply to any chartered bus being used for school purposes.
(1990 Code, § 28-137) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-502