Public Act 098-0350
 
SB1756 EnrolledLRB098 05213 RLC 40473 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale
and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act is amended by changing
Section 2 and adding Section 1.5 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 675/1.5 new)
    Sec. 1.5. Distribution of alternative nicotine products to
persons under 18 years of age prohibited.
    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "alternative nicotine
product" means a product or device not consisting of or
containing tobacco that provides for the ingestion into the
body of nicotine, whether by chewing, smoking, absorbing,
dissolving, inhaling, snorting, sniffing, or by any other
means. "Alternative nicotine product" excludes cigarettes,
smokeless tobacco, or other tobacco products as these terms are
defined in Section 1 of this Act and any product approved by
the United States Food and Drug Administration as a non-tobacco
product for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco
dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being
marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.
    (b) A person, either directly or indirectly by an agent or
employee, or by a vending machine owned by the person or
located in the person's establishment, may not sell, offer for
sale, give, or furnish any alternative nicotine product, or any
cartridge or component of an alternative nicotine product, to a
person under 18 years of age.
    (c) Before selling, offering for sale, giving, or
furnishing an alternative nicotine product, or any cartridge or
component of an alternative nicotine product, to another
person, the person selling, offering for sale, giving, or
furnishing the alternative nicotine product shall verify that
the person is at least 18 years of age by:
        (1) examining from any person that appears to be under
    27 years of age a government-issued photographic
    identification that establishes the person is at least 18
    years of age or
        (2) for sales made though the Internet or other remote
    sales methods, performing an age verification through an
    independent, third-party age verification service that
    compares information available from public records to the
    personal information entered by the person during the
    ordering process that establishes the person is 18 years of
    age or older.
 
    (720 ILCS 675/2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2358)
    Sec. 2. Penalties.
    (a) Any person who violates subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-6)
of Section 1 or Section 1.5 of this Act is guilty of a petty
offense and for the first offense shall be fined $200, $400 for
the second offense in a 12-month period, and $600 for the third
or any subsequent offense in a 12-month period.
    (b) If a minor violates subsection (a-7) of Section 1 he or
she is guilty of a petty offense and the court may impose a
sentence of 15 hours of community service or a fine of $25 for
a first violation.
    (c) A second violation by a minor of subsection (a-7) of
Section 1 that occurs within 12 months after the first
violation is punishable by a fine of $50 and 25 hours of
community service.
    (d) A third or subsequent violation by a minor of
subsection (a-7) of Section 1 that occurs within 12 months
after the first violation is punishable by a $100 fine and 30
hours of community service.
    (e) Any second or subsequent violation not within the
12-month time period after the first violation is punishable as
provided for a first violation.
    (f) If a minor is convicted of or placed on supervision for
a violation of subsection (a-7) of Section 1, the court may, in
its discretion, and upon recommendation by the State's
Attorney, order that minor and his or her parents or legal
guardian to attend a smoker's education or youth diversion
program if that program is available in the jurisdiction where
the offender resides. Attendance at a smoker's education or
youth diversion program shall be time-credited against any
community service time imposed for any first violation of
subsection (a-7) of Section 1. In addition to any other penalty
that the court may impose for a violation of subsection (a-7)
of Section 1, the court, upon request by the State's Attorney,
may in its discretion require the offender to remit a fee for
his or her attendance at a smoker's education or youth
diversion program.
    (g) For purposes of this Section, "smoker's education
program" or "youth diversion program" includes, but is not
limited to, a seminar designed to educate a person on the
physical and psychological effects of smoking tobacco products
and the health consequences of smoking tobacco products that
can be conducted with a locality's youth diversion program.
    (h) All moneys collected as fines for violations of
subsection (a), (a-5), (a-6), or (a-7) of Section 1 shall be
distributed in the following manner:
        (1) one-half of each fine shall be distributed to the
    unit of local government or other entity that successfully
    prosecuted the offender; and
        (2) one-half shall be remitted to the State to be used
    for enforcing this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-179, eff. 8-10-09.)