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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 796
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 796, on page 1, by
3 deleting lines 5 through 17; and
4 on page 3, line 29, by inserting after the period the
5 following:
6 "The court may require an offender who is convicted of or
7 placed on supervision for a violation of subsection (b) of
8 Section 1 of this Act to attend a smoker's education program,
9 if such a program is available in the jurisdiction where the
10 offender resides and if the offender consents to attend the
11 program. Attendance at a smoker's education program shall be
12 time-credited against any community service time imposed for
13 any first offense violation of subsection (b) of Section 1 of
14 this Act. The court may impose a fee upon an offender who
15 attends a smoker's education program to defray the costs of
16 the program. For purposes of this Section, "smoker's
17 education program" means a seminar designed to educate a
18 person on the physical and psychological effects of smoking
19 tobacco products and the health consequences of smoking
20 tobacco products.".