SB1927 Summary

• Amends Section 9-2 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 to make a technical correction regarding the word "the" in the referendum language for cities, villages, and incorporated towns with more than 200,000 inhabitants.

• Allows legal voters in municipalities to petition for referenda on prohibiting retail alcoholic liquor sales in their precinct or at specific street addresses by submitting petitions with signatures from at least 25% of registered voters (or 40% for location-specific prohibitions) at least 104 days before an election.

• Requires mandatory submission of prohibition questions to voters when properly filed petitions are received, with first-filed petitions given preference over subsequently filed petitions addressing the same proposition.

• Applies prohibition of retail alcoholic liquor sales if a majority of voters approve the referendum question, making any existing licenses at prohibited addresses void and preventing new license applications unless the prohibition is later discontinued.

• Extends similar petition and referendum procedures to municipalities with 200,000 or fewer inhabitants and to townships and road districts outside municipal corporate limits.