Illinois Code § 5
Illinois Code § 5. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5.
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Admission" means entry by a person into a live adult entertainment facility. "Department" means the Department of Revenue. "Live adult entertainment facility" means a striptease club or other business that serves or permits the consumption of alcohol on its premises, and, during at least 30 consecutive or nonconsecutive days in a calendar year, offers or provides activities by employees, agents, or contractors of the business that involve nude or partially denuded individuals that, when considered as a whole, appeal primarily to an interest in nudity or sex. "Nude or partially denuded individual" means an individual who is: (1) entirely unclothed; or (2) clothed in a manner that leaves uncovered or visible through less than fully opaque clothing any portion of the breasts below the top of the areola of the breasts, if the person is female, or any portion of the genitals or buttocks. "Operator" means any person who owns or operates a live adult entertainment facility in this State. (Source: P.A. 97-1035, eff. 1-1-13.)
Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 5
- Jurisdiction: Illinois
- Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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