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92_HB3723

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning tobacco.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act is amended
 5    by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and  1  as
 6    follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 675/Act title)
 8        An  Act  to prohibit persons under 19 years of age minors
 9    from buying or selling  tobacco  in  any  of  its  forms,  to
10    prohibit selling, giving or furnishing tobacco, in any of its
11    forms,  to  those  persons  minors,  and  providing penalties
12    therefor.

13        (720 ILCS 675/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 2356.9)
14        Sec. 0.01.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
15    Sale of Tobacco to Underage Persons Minors Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

17        (720 ILCS 675/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2357)
18        Sec. 1.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no
19    person  minor  under  19 18 years of age shall buy any cigar,
20    cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its  forms.
21    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall
22    sell,  buy  for,  distribute samples of or furnish any cigar,
23    cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its  forms,
24    to any person minor under 19 18 years of age.
25        For  the  purpose  of  this  Section, "smokeless tobacco"
26    means any tobacco products that are suitable for  dipping  or
27    chewing.
28        Tobacco  products  listed  above  may  be  sold through a
29    vending machine only in the following locations:
 
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 1             (1)  Factories, businesses, offices, private  clubs,
 2        and other places not open to the general public.
 3             (2)  Places  to  which  persons  minors  under 19 18
 4        years of age are not permitted access.
 5             (3)  Places where alcoholic beverages are  sold  and
 6        consumed on the premises.
 7             (4)  Places  where  the vending machine is under the
 8        direct supervision of the owner of the  establishment  or
 9        an  employee  19 over 18 years of age or older.  The sale
10        of tobacco products from a vending machine  under  direct
11        supervision   of   the   owner  or  an  employee  of  the
12        establishment is considered a sale of tobacco products by
13        that  person.   As  used  in  this  subdivision,  "direct
14        supervision" means that the  owner  or  employee  has  an
15        unimpeded line of sight to the vending machine.
16             (5)  Places  where  the  vending machine can only be
17        operated only by the owner or an  employee  19  years  of
18        over  age or older 18 either directly or through a remote
19        control device if  the  device  is  inaccessible  to  all
20        customers.
21        The  provisions  of this Section do not apply in the case
22    of a person under 19 years of age who is in  active  military
23    service with the armed forces of the United States.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

25        Section  10.  The  Smokeless  Tobacco  Limitation  Act is
26    amended by changing the title of the Act and Sections 3 and 4
27    as follows:

28        (720 ILCS 680/Act title)
29        An Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of  smokeless
30    tobacco products to persons under 19 18 years of age.

31        (720 ILCS 680/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-23)
 
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 1        Sec.  3.   No  person  shall  sell  any smokeless tobacco
 2    product to any person under the age of 19 unless  the  person
 3    under  the  age  of 19 is in active military service with the
 4    armed forces  of  the  United  States  18.   Any  person  who
 5    violates  this  Section shall be guilty of a business offense
 6    punishable by a fine of not more than $50 for each violation.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-465.)

 8        (720 ILCS 680/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-24)
 9        Sec. 4.  No  person  shall  distribute  or  cause  to  be
10    distributed  to  any  person  under the age of 19 18, without
11    charge or at a nominal cost, any  smokeless  tobacco  product
12    unless  the  person under the age of 19 is in active military
13    service with the armed  forces  of  the  United  States.  Any
14    person  who  violates  this  Section  shall  be  guilty  of a
15    business offense punishable for a first offense by a fine  of
16    $200,  for a second offense in a 12-month period by a fine of
17    $400, and for the  third  or  any  subsequent  offense  in  a
18    12-month  period  by  a  fine  of $600. One-half of each fine
19    collected under this Section shall be distributed to the unit
20    of  local  government  or  other  entity  that   successfully
21    prosecuted the offender and one-half shall be remitted to the
22    State to be used for the enforcement of this Act.
23    (Source: P.A. 88-418.)

24        Section  15.  The  Tobacco  Accessories and Smoking Herbs
25    Control Act is amended by changing the title of the  Act  and
26    Sections 2 and 4 as follows:

27        (720 ILCS 685/Act title)
28        An  Act  providing  protection  for the public health and
29    safety  by  prohibiting  the  sale  or  delivery  of  tobacco
30    accessories or smoking herbs to persons under 19 years of age
31    minors.
 
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 1        (720 ILCS 685/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-2)
 2        Sec. 2.  Purpose.  The sale and possession of  marijuana,
 3    hashish,  cocaine,  opium  and their derivatives, is not only
 4    prohibited by Illinois Law, but the use of  these  substances
 5    has been deemed injurious to the health of the user.
 6        It  has further been determined by the Surgeon General of
 7    the United States that the use of  tobacco  is  hazardous  to
 8    human health.
 9        The  ready availability of smoking herbs to persons under
10    19 years of age minors could lead to the use of  tobacco  and
11    illegal drugs.
12        It  is in the best interests of the citizens of the State
13    of Illinois to seek to prohibit the spread of illegal  drugs,
14    tobacco or smoking materials to persons under 19 years of age
15    minors.   The  prohibition  of  the sale of tobacco and snuff
16    accessories and smoking herbs to persons under  19  years  of
17    age  minors would help to curb the usage of illegal drugs and
18    tobacco products, among our youth.
19    (Source: P.A. 82-487.)

20        (720 ILCS 685/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358-4)
21        Sec. 4.  Offenses.
22        (a)  Sale to persons under 19 years of  age  minors.   No
23    person  shall  knowingly  sell,  barter, exchange, deliver or
24    give away or cause or permit or procure to be sold, bartered,
25    exchanged, delivered, or given away  tobacco  accessories  or
26    smoking  herbs  to any person under 19 18 years of age unless
27    the person under 19  years  of  age  is  in  active  military
28    service with the armed forces of the United States.
29        (a-5)  Sale of bidi cigarettes. No person shall knowingly
30    sell,  barter,  exchange,  deliver,  or  give  away  a   bidi
31    cigarette  to  another  person,  nor  shall a person cause or
32    permit or procure a bidi  cigarette  to  be  sold,  bartered,
33    exchanged, delivered, or given away to another person.
 
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 1        (b)  Sale  of cigarette paper.  No person shall knowingly
 2    offer, sell, barter, exchange, deliver or give away cigarette
 3    paper or cause, permit, or  procure  cigarette  paper  to  be
 4    sold,  offered, bartered, exchanged, delivered, or given away
 5    except from premises or an establishment where other  tobacco
 6    products  are  sold.   For purposes of this Section, "tobacco
 7    products" means cigarettes,  cigars,  smokeless  tobacco,  or
 8    tobacco in any of its forms.
 9        (c)  Sale  of  cigarette paper from vending machines.  No
10    person shall knowingly offer, sell, barter, exchange, deliver
11    or give away cigarette paper or  cause,  permit,  or  procure
12    cigarette  paper  to  be  sold, offered, bartered, exchanged,
13    delivered, or given away by use of a vending or coin-operated
14    machine or device.  For purposes of this Section,  "cigarette
15    paper"  shall not include any paper that is incorporated into
16    a product to which a tax stamp  must  be  affixed  under  the
17    Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act.
18        (d)  Use  of  identification  cards.   No  person  in the
19    furtherance or facilitation of obtaining smoking  accessories
20    and  smoking  herbs  shall  display  or use a false or forged
21    identification  card  or  transfer,  alter,  or   deface   an
22    identification card.
23        (e)  Warning  to  persons  under  19 years of age minors.
24    Any  person,  firm,  partnership,  company   or   corporation
25    operating  a  place of business where tobacco accessories and
26    smoking herbs are sold or offered for sale shall  post  in  a
27    conspicuous  place  upon the premises a sign upon which there
28    shall be imprinted the following statement, "SALE OF  TOBACCO
29    ACCESSORIES  AND  SMOKING  HERBS  TO  PERSONS  UNDER NINETEEN
30    EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE (UNLESS IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE WITH
31    THE   ARMED   FORCES   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES)   OR   THE
32    MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE TO PROCURE SUCH A SALE IS PROHIBITED
33    BY LAW".  The sign shall be printed on a white  card  in  red
34    letters at least one-half inch in height.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-734, eff. 1-1-01.)

 2        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
 3    January 1, 2003.

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