93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2643


 
Introduced 2/4/2004, by Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new





105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new










    Amends the School Code. Prohibits a public school from selling,
offering for sale, or otherwise offering or providing soft drinks to pupils at
school at any time, with exceptions. Prohibits a public school from
maintaining or allowing to be maintained a vending machine that is
located at a school or on school grounds, that sells soft drinks, and that
is accessible to pupils, with exceptions. Provides for a penalty.


















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 














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    AN ACT concerning schools. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections

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10-20.39 and 34-18.30 as follows:


 
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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new)

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    Sec. 10-20.39. Soft drinks prohibited.

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    (a) As used in this Section, "soft drink" does not include 
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milk,
water, or a juice drink that is 100% juice.

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    (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this 
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Section, a
school shall not do any of the following:

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        (1) Sell, offer for sale, or otherwise offer or provide 
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    soft
drinks to pupils at school at any time.

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        (2) Maintain or allow to be maintained a vending 
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    machine
that is located at the school or on school grounds, 
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    that sells soft
drinks, and that is accessible to pupils.

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    (c) This Section does not prohibit any of the following:

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        (1) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering 
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    or
providing soft drinks to pupils before or after regular 
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    school hours at a high
school or at a high school activity 
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    or event.

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        (2) Maintaining or allowing to be maintained a vending

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    machine described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of 
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    this
Section if it is located at a high school or on the 
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    grounds of a high
school and is either not accessible to 
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    pupils during the regular
school day or not operable during 
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    the regular school day.

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        (3) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering 
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    or
providing soft drinks to pupils at a school after school 
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    hours at an
activity or event at which parents are present.

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    (d) If the State Board of Education determines that a 
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school has violated
this
Section, the State Board of Education 
 


 









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shall issue an appropriate notice
to cease and desist to the 
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school. If the State Board of Education
determines that the 
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school continues to violate this Section after receipt
of a 
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cease and desist notice, the school district of that school 
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shall forfeit
an amount equal to 5% of its total State aid 
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allocation under Section
18-8.05 of this Code attributable to 
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that school for the school year in
which the violation occurs.


 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new)

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    Sec. 34-18.30. Soft drinks prohibited.

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    (a) As used in this Section, "soft drink" does not include 
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milk,
water, or a juice drink that is 100% juice.

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    (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this 
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Section,
a school shall not do any of the following:

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        (1) Sell, offer for sale, or otherwise offer or provide 
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    soft
drinks to pupils at school at any time.

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        (2) Maintain or allow to be maintained a vending 
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    machine
that is located at the school or on school grounds, 
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    that sells soft
drinks, and that is accessible to pupils.

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    (c) This Section does not prohibit any of the following:

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        (1) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering 
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    or
providing soft drinks to pupils before or after regular 
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    school hours at a high
school or at a high school activity 
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    or event.

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        (2) Maintaining or allowing to be maintained a vending

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    machine described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of 
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    this
Section if it is located at a high school or on the 
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    grounds of a high
school and is either not accessible to 
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    pupils during the regular
school day or not operable during 
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    the regular school day.

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        (3) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering 
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    or
providing soft drinks to pupils at a school after school 
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    hours at an
activity or event at which parents are present.

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    (d) If the State Board of Education determines that a 
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school has violated
this
Section, the State Board of Education 
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shall issue an appropriate notice
to cease and desist to the 
 


 









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school. If the State Board of Education
determines that the 
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school continues to violate this Section after receipt
of a 
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cease and desist notice, the school district of that school 
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shall forfeit
an amount equal to 5% of its total State aid 
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allocation under Section
18-8.05 of this Code attributable to 
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that school for the school year in
which the violation occurs.