HB5277 Summary

• Amends Section 9-2 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 to modify petition requirements for prohibiting alcoholic liquor sales in precincts of cities over 200,000 population during calendar years 2012-2014.

• Requires petitions in 2012-2014 that include supporting materials demonstrating a correlation between alcoholic liquor sales and crime incidence to contain signatures of 25% of registered voters who cast ballots in the last presidential election, rather than 25% of all registered voters.

• Maintains existing requirement that petitions seeking to prohibit sales at a particular street address contain signatures of 40% of legal voters from that precinct.

• Preserves existing procedures for cities/villages/towns of 200,000 or fewer residents, townships, and road districts to vote on prohibiting alcoholic liquor sales on a municipality-wide or district-wide basis with 25% signature requirement and 104-day or 90-day filing deadlines.

• Takes effect upon becoming law.