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New Illinois law targets those who enable underage drinking

Story Created: Jan 4, 2013 at 8:56 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jan 4, 2013 at 8:56 AM CDT

Many new Illinois laws went into effect on Tuesday and one is going to impact those who enable underage drinking. Prior to this amendment, those people convicted of providing alcohol to minors faced only civil penalties. However the state of Illinois has now deemed the crime serious enough to be harmful to society and last year moved to attach criminal consequences as well. Story by Newschannel 15.
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