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SB2514 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2514

 

Introduced 2/6/2018, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 82/40
410 ILCS 82/45
410 ILCS 82/50

    Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Changes references from "fine" to "civil penalty" throughout the Act and makes corresponding changes. Provides that law enforcement agencies (rather than local law enforcement agencies) shall enforce the provisions of the Act through the issuance of citations and may assess specified civil penalties (rather than fines). Makes related changes in provisions concerning complaints and injunctions. Provides that funds designated for the Department of State Police or Department of Natural Resources by provisions concerning the distribution of civil penalty moneys shall be deposited by the respective Department into a specified fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Sections 40, 45, and 50 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 82/40)
7    Sec. 40. Enforcement; complaints.
8    (a) The Department, State-certified local public health
9departments, and local law enforcement agencies shall enforce
10the provisions of this Act through the issuance of citations
11and may assess civil penalties fines pursuant to Section 45 of
12this Act.
13    (a-2) The citations issued pursuant to this Act shall
14conspicuously include the following:
15        (1) the name of the offense and its statutory
16    reference;
17        (2) the nature and elements of the violation;
18        (3) the date and location of the violation;
19        (4) the name of the enforcing agency;
20        (5) the name of the violator;
21        (6) the amount of the imposed civil penalty fine and
22    the location where the violator can pay the civil penalty
23    fine without objection;

 

 

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1        (7) the address and phone number of the enforcing
2    agency where the violator can request a hearing before the
3    Department to contest the imposition of the civil penalty
4    fine imposed by the citation under the rules and procedures
5    of the Administrative Procedure Act;
6        (8) the time period in which to pay the civil penalty
7    fine or to request a hearing to contest the imposition of
8    the civil penalty fine imposed by the citation; and
9        (9) the verified signature of the person issuing the
10    citation.
11    (a-3) One copy of the citation shall be provided to the
12violator, one copy shall be retained by the enforcing agency,
13and one copy shall be provided to the entity otherwise
14authorized by the enforcing agency to receive civil penalties
15fines on their behalf.
16    (b) Any person may register a complaint with the
17Department, a State-certified local public health department,
18or a local law enforcement agency for a violation of this Act.
19The Department shall establish a telephone number that a person
20may call to register a complaint under this subsection (b).
21    (c) The Department shall afford a violator the opportunity
22to pay the civil penalty fine without objection or to contest
23the citation in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
24Procedure Act, except that in case of a conflict between the
25Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the
26provisions of this Act shall control.

 

 

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1    (d) Upon receipt of a request for hearing to contest the
2imposition of a civil penalty fine imposed by a citation, the
3enforcing agency shall immediately forward a copy of the
4citation and notice of the request for hearing to the
5Department for initiation of a hearing conducted in accordance
6with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the rules
7established thereto by the Department applicable to contested
8cases, except that in case of a conflict between the Illinois
9Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of
10this Act shall control. Parties to the hearing shall be the
11enforcing agency and the violator.
12    The Department shall notify the violator in writing of the
13time, place, and location of the hearing. The hearing shall be
14conducted at the nearest regional office of the Department, or
15in a location contracted by the Department in the county where
16the citation was issued.
17    (e) Civil penalties Fines imposed under this Act may be
18collected in accordance with all methods otherwise available to
19the enforcing agency or the Department, except that there shall
20be no collection efforts during the pendency of the hearing
21before the Department.
22    (f) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
23of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
24rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
25Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
26procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any

 

 

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1purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
2unauthorized.
3(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09.)
 
4    (410 ILCS 82/45)
5    Sec. 45. Violations.
6    (a) A person, corporation, partnership, association or
7other entity who violates Section 15 or 20 of this Act shall be
8liable for a civil penalty fined pursuant to this Section. Each
9day that a violation occurs is a separate violation.
10    (b) A person who smokes in an area where smoking is
11prohibited under Section 15 of this Act shall be liable for a
12civil penalty fined in an amount that is $100 for a first
13offense and $250 for each subsequent offense. A person who
14owns, operates, or otherwise controls a public place or place
15of employment that violates Section 15 or 20 of this Act shall
16be liable for a civil penalty of fined (i) $250 for the first
17violation, (ii) $500 for the second violation within one year
18after the first violation, and (iii) $2,500 for each additional
19violation within one year after the first violation.
20    (c) A civil penalty fine imposed under this Section shall
21be allocated as follows:
22        (1) one-half of the civil penalty fine shall be
23    distributed to the Department; and
24        (2) one-half of the civil penalty fine shall be
25    distributed to the enforcing agency.

 

 

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1    With respect to funds designated for the Department of
2State Police under this subsection, the Department of State
3Police shall deposit the moneys into the State Police
4Operations Assistance Fund. With respect to funds designated
5for the Department of Natural Resources under this subsection,
6the Department of Natural Resources shall deposit the moneys
7into the Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund.
8    (d) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
9of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
10rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
11Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
12procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any
13purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
14unauthorized.
15(Source: P.A. 98-1023, eff. 8-22-14.)
 
16    (410 ILCS 82/50)
17    Sec. 50. Injunctions. In addition to any other sanction or
18remedy, the Department, a State-certified local public health
19department, local law enforcement agency, or any individual
20personally affected by repeated violations may institute, in a
21circuit court, an action to enjoin violations of this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09.)