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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE BANNING THE SALE OF POWDERED ALCOHOL IN THE COOK COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title 3, Chapter 3, Section 2, Subsection F of the Cook County Forest Preserve Code is hereby enacted as Follows:
Sec. 3-3-2(F) Prohibited Activities - Sale of Certain Types of Alcoholic Beverages
(1) It shall be unlawful for any licensee under this Act to possess, serve, sell, offer for sale, deliver, barter, exchange, receive, or purchase for resale any product or form of Powdered Alcohol.
(2) Any owner, officer, agent or employee of a licensee shall be personally subject to the assessment of fine in the amounts described in this section where: (a) there is a violation of the provision set out in subsection (1) of this section, (b) he or she knows of the violation[s], (c) he or she has the authority to prevent or stop the violation, and (d) fails to exercise that authority.
(3) The personal liability of any person described in Subsection (2) of this section shall survive the dissolution of the licensee.
(4) Any violation of a provision in this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $15,000. A separate and distinct offense shall be held to have been committed each day any person continues the violation.
(5) A person charged under this Section may raise as an affirmative defense that the act or omission was based on a reasonable belief that any other course of conduct would have endangered the person charged or others.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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