HB0950 Summary: Liquor Control Act Amendments

• Amends Section 6-11 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 to modify restrictions on alcoholic liquor sales within 100 feet of churches, schools, and hospitals by adding numerous subsection exceptions (b through rrr).

• Establishes specific exemptions for hotels, restaurants, banquet facilities, grocery stores, and other businesses in municipalities over 500,000 inhabitants, with detailed conditions regarding building specifications, distances, square footage, and ownership requirements.

• Requires written support or lack of objection from religious leaders, school principals, aldermen, and other relevant parties for most exemptions to apply.

• Applies different distance thresholds and conditions based on the type of establishment, zoning district, building age, proximity to protected institutions, and the municipality's population.

• Takes effect upon becoming law.