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90_HB0796eng 65 ILCS 5/11-20-3.1 new 720 ILCS 675/Act title 720 ILCS 675/0.01 from Ch. 23, par. 2356.9 720 ILCS 675/1 from Ch. 23, par. 2357 720 ILCS 675/2 from Ch. 23, par. 2358 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may provide for the regulation, licensing, and inspection of any retail business or establishment selling cigarettes or other tobacco products, may determine the number of licenses, and may determine the location for sales. Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Changes the short title to the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors Act. Prohibits minors from possessing or smoking tobacco (now only the buying by and the sale and distribution to minors of tobacco is prohibited). Provides that the court may impose for possession or smoking of tobacco products by a minor up to 25 hours of community service for the first offense, up to 25 hours of community service and a fine not to exceed $25 for the second offense, and up to 50 hours of community service and a fine not to exceed $50 for the third or subsequent offense. Exempts from violations the possession or smoking of tobacco products by minors who are members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces and those who participate in an experimental or research program that is conducted by an accredited institution of higher education to study the effects of tobacco products on minors. LRB9003781RCks HB0796 Engrossed LRB9003781RCks 1 AN ACT in relation to sale, possession, and use of 2 tobacco products by minors. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 10. The Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act is amended 6 by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01, 1, and 2 7 as follows: 8 (720 ILCS 675/Act title) 9 An Act to prevent the use or possession of tobacco by 10 minorsprohibit minors from buying or selling tobacco in any11of its forms, to prohibit selling, giving or furnishing12tobacco, in any of its forms, to minors, and providing13penalties therefor. 14 (720 ILCS 675/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 2356.9) 15 Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 16 Prevention of Tobacco Use bySale of Tobacco toMinors Act. 17 (Source: P.A. 86-1324.) 18 (720 ILCS 675/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2357) 19 Sec. 1. Sale to and possession and smoking by minors of 20 tobacco prohibited. 21 (a) No minor under 18 years of age shall buy any cigar, 22 cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms. 23 No person shall sell, buy for, distribute samples of or 24 furnish any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in 25 any of its forms, to any minor under 18 years of age. 26 (b) No minor under 18 years of age shall possess or 27 smoke any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in 28 any of its forms. 29 (c) For the purpose of this Section, "smokeless tobacco" HB0796 Engrossed -2- LRB9003781RCks 1 means any tobacco products that are suitable for dipping or 2 chewing. 3 (d) Tobacco products listed in this Sectionabovemay be 4 sold through a vending machine only in the following 5 locations: 6 (1) Factories, businesses, offices, private clubs, 7 and other places not open to the general public. 8 (2) Places to which minors under 18 years of age 9 are not permitted access. 10 (3) Places where alcoholic beverages are sold and 11 consumed on the premises. 12 (4) Places where the vending machine is under the 13 direct supervision of the owner of the establishment or 14 an employee over 18 years of age. The sale of tobacco 15 products from a vending machine under direct supervision 16 of the owner or an employee of the establishment is 17 considered a sale of tobacco products by that person. As 18 used in this subdivision, "direct supervision" means that 19 the owner or employee has an unimpeded line of sight to 20 the vending machine. 21 (5) Places where the vending machine can only be 22 operated by the owner or an employee over age 18 either 23 directly or through a remote control device if the device 24 is inaccessible to all customers. 25 (e) This Section does not apply to the possession or 26 smoking of a cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco 27 in any of its forms by a person under 18 years of age who is: 28 (1) a member of the Armed Services or Reserved 29 Forces of the United States; or 30 (2) participating in an experimental or research 31 program that is conducted by an accredited institution of 32 higher education to study the effects of tobacco products 33 on persons under 18 years of age. 34 (Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.) HB0796 Engrossed -3- LRB9003781RCks 1 (720 ILCS 675/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358) 2 Sec. 2. Any person who violates subsection (a) of 3 Section 1any provisionof this Act is guilty of a petty 4 offense and for the first offense shall be fined $200, $400 5 for the second offense in a 12-month period, and $600 for the 6 third or any subsequent offense in a 12-month period. Any 7 person who violates subsection (b) of Section 1 of this Act 8 is guilty of a petty offense and the court may impose a term 9 of up to 25 hours of community service for the first offense, 10 a term of up to 25 hours of community service and a fine not 11 to exceed $25 for the second offense in a 12-month period, 12 and a term of up to 30 hours of community service and a fine 13 not to exceed $50 for the third or any subsequent offense in 14 a 12-month period. The court may require an offender who is 15 convicted of or placed on supervision for a violation of 16 subsection (b) of Section 1 of this Act to attend a smoker's 17 education program, if such a program is available in the 18 jurisdiction where the offender resides and if the offender 19 consents to attend the program. Attendance at a smoker's 20 education program shall be time-credited against any 21 community service time imposed for any first offense 22 violation of subsection (b) of Section 1 of this Act. The 23 court may impose a fee upon an offender who attends a 24 smoker's education program to defray the costs of the 25 program. For purposes of this Section, "smoker's education 26 program" means a seminar designed to educate a person on the 27 physical and psychological effects of smoking tobacco 28 products and the health consequences of smoking tobacco 29 products. One-half of each fine collected under this Section 30 shall be distributed to the unit of local government or other 31 entity that successfully prosecuted the offender and one-half 32 shall be remitted to the State to be used for enforcing this 33 Act. 34 (Source: P.A. 88-418.)