Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 2/14/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2688

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2688 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 as
6 follows:
 
7     (410 ILCS 80/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8201)
8     Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be
9 cited as the "Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act".
10 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
11     (410 ILCS 80/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8202)
12     Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds
13 that tobacco smoke is harmful and dangerous to human beings and
14 a hazard to public health. Secondhand tobacco smoke causes at
15 least 65,000 deaths each year from heart disease and lung
16 cancer according to the National Cancer Institute. Secondhand
17 tobacco smoke causes sudden infant death syndrome,
18 low-birth-weight in infants, asthma and exacerbation of
19 asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia in children and adults.
20 Secondhand tobacco smoke is the third leading cause of
21 preventable death in the United States. Illinois workers
22 exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke are at increased risk of
23 premature death. An estimated 1,570 Illinois citizens die each

 

 

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1 year from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-517, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
3     (410 ILCS 80/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8203)
4     Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
5 following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this
6 Section unless different meanings are plainly indicated by the
7 context:
8     (a) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
9     (b) "Proprietor" means any individual or his designated
10 agent who by virtue of his office, position, authority, or
11 duties has legal or administrative responsibility for the use
12 or operation of property.
13     (c) "Public Place" means any enclosed indoor area used by
14 the public or serving as a place of work, including, but not
15 limited to, hospitals, restaurants, bars, taverns, bowling
16 alleys, retail stores other than retail tobacco stores,
17 offices, commercial establishments, elevators, indoor
18 theaters, libraries, art museums, concert halls, public
19 conveyances, educational facilities, nursing homes,
20 auditoriums, arenas, and meeting rooms, but excluding bowling
21 establishments and excluding places whose primary business is
22 the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
23 and excluding rooms rented for the purpose of living quarters
24 or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations from a hotel, as
25 defined in the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and
26 private, enclosed offices occupied exclusively by smokers,
27 even though such offices may be visited by nonsmokers.
28     (d) "Smoking" means the act of inhaling the smoke from or
29 possessing a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other form
30 of tobacco or similar substance used for smoking.
31     (e) "State agency" has the meaning formerly ascribed to it
32 in subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Illinois Purchasing Act
33 (now repealed).

 

 

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1     (f) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
2 it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of
3 1970.
4     (g) "Bar" or "tavern" means an establishment that is
5 subject to a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor for
6 consumption on the premises and that derives 65% or more of its
7 gross proceeds from the sale of alcoholic liquor. Each bar or
8 tavern shall provide any documentation requested by the
9 Department of Revenue or the Illinois Liquor Control Commission
10 for the determination of whether the establishment meets the
11 percentage requirement of this definition.
12     (h) "Retail tobacco store" means any retail store (i) used
13 primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories,
14 (ii) in which the sale of other products is merely incidental,
15 and (iii) where no one under 18 years of age is permitted.
16 (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
17     (410 ILCS 80/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204)
18     Sec. 4. Smoking in public places prohibited; exceptions. No
19 person shall smoke in a public place except in that portion of
20 a public place which may be established and posted under
21 Section 5 as a smoking area. This prohibition does not apply in
22 cases in which an entire room or hall is used for a private
23 social function and seating arrangements are under the control
24 of the sponsor of the function and not of the proprietor or
25 person in charge of the place. Furthermore, this prohibition
26 shall not apply to factories, warehouses, and similar places of
27 work not usually frequented by the general public, entities
28 licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act, or retail tobacco
29 stores.
30 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
31     (410 ILCS 80/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8205)
32     Sec. 5. Smoking areas.

 

 

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1     (a) The proprietor of a restaurant, bar, or tavern elected
2 and appointed officials of the State of Illinois and of any
3 unit of local government and of any school district, or their
4 designee, having control over property of the State or of a
5 unit of local government or of a school district which includes
6 a public place, and the proprietor of a structure which
7 includes a public place may establish an area on the premises
8 as a smoking area where smoking shall be permitted, unless
9 otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, until 2 years after
10 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
11 Assembly, at which time the restaurant, bar, or tavern shall
12 comply with subsection (b) of this Section or Section 4 of this
13 Act. When establishing an area as a smoking area, a person
14 establishing such area shall utilize existing physical
15 barriers, ventilation systems, and other physical elements of
16 the premises to minimize the intrusion of smoke into areas
17 where smoking is not permitted. When a public place is a single
18 room or enclosure, a person establishing such area may satisfy
19 the purposes and provisions of this Act by establishing a
20 reasonable portion of the room or enclosure as a smoking area.
21     (b) Any public place subject to this Act whose owner or
22 operator can demonstrate to the Department that a smoking area
23 has been equipped with air filtration or purification devices
24 or similar technologies that render the concentration of
25 respirable suspended particulate matter in the non-smoking
26 area equivalent to the concentration of respirable suspended
27 particulate matter in the ambient outdoor air for the relevant
28 geographic area shall be exempt from the prohibition of Section
29 4 of this Act. The Department shall adopt rules specifying the
30 types of technologies that satisfy the requirements of this
31 subsection (b).
32     (c) With respect to a bar or tavern where the owner or
33 operator designates the entire premises as a smoking area, the
34 bar or tavern shall be exempt from the prohibition of Section 4

 

 

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1 of this Act if the owner or operator can demonstrate to the
2 Department that the bar or tavern has been equipped with air
3 filtration or purification devices or similar technologies
4 that render the concentration of respirable suspended
5 particulate matter in the bar or tavern equivalent to the
6 concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter in
7 the ambient outdoor air for the relevant geographic area.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
9     (410 ILCS 80/6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8206)
10     Sec. 6. Enforcement. The State or unit of local government
11 or school district official or their designee or a proprietor
12 and his agents in control of a place which includes a public
13 place shall make reasonable efforts to prevent smoking in the
14 public place outside established smoking areas by posting
15 appropriate signs or contacting a law enforcement officer, or
16 other appropriate means.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
18     (410 ILCS 80/7)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8207)
19     Sec. 7. Violations. A person, corporation, partnership,
20 association or other entity, who violates Section 4 of this Act
21 is guilty of a petty offense.
22 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
23     (410 ILCS 80/8)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8208)
24     Sec. 8. Injunctions. The Department, a local board of
25 health, or any individual personally affected by repeated
26 violations may institute, in a circuit court, an action to
27 enjoin violations of this Act.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
29     (410 ILCS 80/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8209)
30     Sec. 9. Discrimination prohibited. No individual may be

 

 

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1 discriminated against in any manner because of the exercise of
2 any rights afforded by this Act.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
4     (410 ILCS 80/10)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8210)
5     Sec. 10. Severability. If any provision, clause or
6 paragraph of this Act shall be held invalid by a court of
7 competent jurisdiction, such validity shall not affect the
8 other provisions of this Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
10     (410 ILCS 80/11)   (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8211)
11     Sec. 11. Home rule. Home rule.
12     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a home rule unit
13 of local government or any municipality in this State may
14 regulate smoking in public places, but that regulation must be
15 no less restrictive than this Act. This subsection (a) is a
16 limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power under
17 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
18 Constitution.
19     (b) Any home rule unit that has passed an ordinance
20 concerning the regulation of smoking prior to October 1, 1989
21 is exempt from the requirements of subsection (a).
22 (Source: P.A. 94-517, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.".