All words and phrases used in this chapter and not otherwise defined herein, which are defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., as amended, shall have the meaning accorded to the words and phrases in that Act. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms as used in this chapter shall be construed according to the definitions set forth below:
ALCOHOL. The product of distillation of any fermented liquid, whether rectified or diluted, whatever may be the origin thereof, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. It does not include denatured alcohol or wood alcohol.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.01)
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. Includes alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer, and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to alcohol used in the manufacture of denatured alcohol produced in accordance with acts of Congress and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor to any liquid or solid containing 0.5% or less of alcohol by volume.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.05)
BEER. A beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or concoction of barley or other grain, malt and hops in water, and includes among other things, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter and the like.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.04)
CLUB. A corporation organized under the laws of the state, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors, kept, used and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning, hiring or leasing a building or space in a building of an extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests and provided with suitable and adequate kitchen and dining room space and equipment and maintaining a sufficient number of servants and employees for cooking, preparing and serving food and meals for its members and their guests; provided that, the CLUB files with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner at the time of its application for a license under this chapter two copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within ten days of the election of any additional member his or her name and address; and, provided further that, its affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting and that no member or any officer, agent or employee of the club is paid, or directly or indirectly receives in the form of salary or other compensation, any profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or the members of the club or its guests introduced by members beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any annual meeting by the members or by its board of directors or other governing body out of the general revenue of the club.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.24)
HOTEL. Every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where food is actually served and consumed and sleeping accommodations are offered for adequate pay to travelers and guests, whether transient, permanent or residential, in which 25 or more rooms are used for the sleeping accommodations of such guests and having one or more public dining rooms where meals are served to such guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings in connection therewith and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity.
(1) All public dining rooms, banquet rooms, meeting rooms, room service areas, mini-bars and other locations within or adjacent to a HOTEL in which alcoholic liquors are stored, offered for sale, or sold at retail shall be considered part of the hotel’s licensed premises if those locations within or adjacent to the hotel are owned and managed by the hotel operator. As part of the hotel’s licensed premises, each and all of those locations within or adjacent to the HOTEL shall be maintained and managed pursuant to a single retailer’s license issued by the State Commission to the hotel operator, regardless of the number of local retailer licenses mandated by the local unit of government having jurisdiction over the hotel.
(2) Public dining rooms and other locations within or adjacent to a hotel that are owned or managed by a person other than the hotel operator and are licensed by the local unit of government having jurisdiction over the hotel to a person other than the hotel operator are not considered part of the hotel’s licensed premises for purposes of the Liquor Control Act and, as such, must be maintained and operated under separate retailer’s licenses.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.25)
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT. The state’s Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., as now or hereafter amended.
LOCAL COMMISSIONER. The Local Liquor Control Commissioner as defined by the Liquor Control Act.
RESTAURANT. Any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals are actually and regularly served, without sleeping accommodations, the space being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its guests.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.23)
RETAILER. A person who sells or offers for sale alcoholic liquor for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.17)
SALE. Any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner or by any means whatsoever, including the transfer of alcoholic liquors by and through the transfer or negotiation of warehouse receipts or certificates, and includes and means all sales made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee. The term SALE includes any transfer of alcoholic liquor from a foreign importer’s license to an importing distributor’s license even if both licenses are held by the same person.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.21)
SELL AT RETAIL and SALE AT RETAIL. Refers to and means sales for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.18)
SPIRITS. Any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substance in solution, and includes brandy, rum, whiskey, gin or other spirituous liquors, and such liquors when rectified, blended or otherwise mixed with alcohol or other substances.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.02)
STATE COMMISSION. The Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
TO SELL. Includes to keep or expose for sale and to keep with intent to sell.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.22)
WINE. Any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural contents of fruits or vegetables, or honey, containing sugar, including mead and such beverages when fortified by the addition of alcohol or spirits, as above defined.
(235 ILCS 5/1-3.03)