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235 ILCS 5/2-1 (2026)

No person shall manufacture, bottle, blend, sell, barter, transport, transfer into this State from a point outside this State, deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes, unless such person has been issued a license by the Commission or except as permitted by Section 6-29 of this Act or except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the possession and transportation of alcoholic liquor by the possessor for the personal use of the possessor, his family and guests, nor prevent the making of wine, cider or other alcoholic liquor by a person from fruits, vegetables or grains, or the products thereof, by simple fermentation and without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of the maker, his family and his guests; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall prevent any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of his profession, or any hospital or other institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of such hospital or other institution; and provided further that any drug store employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic liquors in the concoction of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians; and provided further, that the possession and dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony conducted by such church shall not be prohibited by this Act

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(235 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 96)
    Sec. 2-1. No person shall manufacture, bottle, blend, sell, barter, transport, transfer into this State from a point outside this State, deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes, unless such person has been issued a license by the Commission or except as permitted by Section 6-29 of this Act or except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the possession and transportation of alcoholic liquor by the possessor for the personal use of the possessor, his family and guests, nor prevent the making of wine, cider or other alcoholic liquor by a person from fruits, vegetables or grains, or the products thereof, by simple fermentation and without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of the maker, his family and his guests; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall prevent any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of his profession, or any hospital or other institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of such hospital or other institution; and provided further that any drug store employing a licensed pharmacist may possess and use alcoholic liquors in the concoction of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians; and provided further, that the possession and dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony conducted by such church shall not be prohibited by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-739, eff. 8-13-98.)


 
    (235 ILCS 5/Art. III heading)
ARTICLE III. STATE CONTROL COMMISSION

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2019 · leading case: Lebamoff Enter., Inc. v. Bruce Rauner, 909 F.3d 847 (7th Cir. 2018).
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Lebamoff Enter., Inc. v. Bruce Rauner, 909 F.3d 847 (7th Cir. 2018). “See 235 ILCS 5/2-1 ; Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 100.”
Dotty's Cafe v. Illinois Gaming Bd., 2019 IL App (1st) 173207 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “II, §1); 235 ILCS 5/2-1 (West 2016). And from the law’s enactment in 1934 and still today, licensees were and are divided into three broad tiers of (1) manufacturers, (2) distributors, and (3) retailers.”
People v. Select Specialties, Ltd. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 3× “" 235 ILCS 5/2-1 (West 1996). The cardinal rule in statutory construction is to give effect to legislative intent.”
Lebamoff Enter., Inc. v. Bruce Rauner (7th Cir. 2018). “See 235 ILCS 5/2-1; Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 100.”
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