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92_SB1059
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1 AN ACT in relation to clean air.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Stadium Clean Air Act.
6 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
7 finds that smoking at stadiums is a hazard and a danger to
8 public safety and that tobacco smoke is annoying, harmful,
9 and dangerous to human beings and a hazard to public health.
10 Section 10. Smoking at stadiums prohibited. No person
11 shall smoke or possess a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or
12 any other form of tobacco or similar substance used for
13 smoking at any stadium in this State. As used in this
14 Section, "stadium" means a publicly or privately owned or
15 operated sports or entertainment arena, community or
16 convention hall, special event center, or amusement facility,
17 including a special event center in a public park. This
18 definition does not include hotels, restaurants, or schools.
19 Section 15. Any person who violates this Act is guilty
20 of a petty offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25
21 and not more than $250.
22 Section 90. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended
23 by changing Section 4 as follows:
24 (410 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204)
25 Sec. 4. Smoking in public places; exceptions. No person
26 shall smoke in any of the following: (i) a hospital,
27 including entrances and exits, or on the hospital grounds,
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1 (ii) an ambulatory surgical treatment center, (iii) a
2 post-surgical recovery center, (iv) a dentist's or
3 physician's office, (v) any other health care professional
4 office or facility, except that a resident may smoke in a
5 facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, (vi)
6 restaurants, or (vii) riverboats as defined in the Riverboat
7 Gambling Act. No person shall smoke in any other a public
8 place except in that portion of a public place which may be
9 established and posted under Section 5 as a smoking area.
10 This prohibition does not apply in cases in which an entire
11 room or hall is used for a private social function and
12 seating arrangements are under the control of the sponsor of
13 the function and not of the proprietor or person in charge of
14 the place. Furthermore, this prohibition shall not apply to
15 factories, warehouses and similar places of work not usually
16 frequented by the general public.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)