HB4226 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4226

Introduced 1/27/2004, by Annazette Collins

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 80/4

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204

Amends provisions of the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act prohibiting smoking in public places. Deletes language creating an exception for factories, warehouses, and similar places of work not usually frequented by the general public.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(410 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204)

Sec. 4. No person shall smoke in a public place except in that portion of a public place which may be established and posted under Section 5 as a smoking area. This prohibition does not apply in cases in which an entire room or hall is used for a private social function and seating arrangements are under the control of the sponsor of the function and not of the proprietor or person in charge of the place. Furthermore, this prohibition shall not apply to factories, warehouses and similar places of work not usually frequented by the general public.

(Source: P.A. 86-1018.)