093_HB1628

 
                                     LRB093 06450 BDD 06573 b

 1        AN ACT concerning fireworks advertising.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 5    Fireworks Outdoor Advertising Act.

 6        Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "fireworks"  has  the
 7    same meaning as in the Fireworks Use Act.

 8        Section  10. Billboards advertising fireworks prohibited.
 9    A person may not place or cause to be placed  on  an  outdoor
10    billboard  any advertisement of fireworks for sale.  A person
11    who owns an outdoor billboard or who otherwise authorizes the
12    placing of advertisements on an  outdoor  billboard  may  not
13    rent  space  on  the billboard to, or otherwise authorize the
14    use of the billboard by, any person for the placement of  any
15    advertisement of fireworks for sale.

16        Section  15.  Home  rule powers. A home rule unit may not
17    regulate the outdoor advertising of  fireworks  in  a  manner
18    less  restrictive  than  the  regulation  by the State of the
19    outdoor  advertising  of  fireworks  under  this  Act.   This
20    Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6  of
21    Article  VII  of  the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
22    exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
23    by the State.