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90_HB2797 410 ILCS 80/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8211 Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that units of local government may regulate smoking in public places; provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption under subsection (h) of Article VII, Section 6 (with an exception for units having pre-existing ordinances) to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power under subsection (i). Effective immediately. LRB9009518EGfg LRB9009518EGfg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act by 2 changing Section 11. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended 6 by changing Section 11 as follows: 7 (410 ILCS 80/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8211) 8 Sec. 11. A home rule or non-home rule unit of local 9 government in this State mayshall not have the power and10authority, after the effective date of this Act, toregulate 11 smoking in public places, but that regulation must be no less 12 restrictive than this Act. This Section is a limitation on 13 the concurrent exercise of home rule power under subsection 14 (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. 15Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6, paragraph (h) of the16Illinois Constitution of 1970, it is declared to be the law17of this State that the regulation of smoking as provided by18this Act is a power which pre-empts home rule units from19exercising such power subject to the limitations provided in20the Act, provided that any home rule unit that has passed an21ordinance concerning the regulation of smoking prior to22October 1, 1989 is exempt from pre-emption.23 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.) 24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 25 becoming law.