HB1213 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1213

Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b	from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b
105 ILCS 5/34-18.11	from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit the use of tobacco at school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other person when such property is being used for any school purposes. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 10-20.5b and 34-18.11 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b)

Sec. 10-20.5b. Tobacco prohibition. Each school board shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other person when such property is being used for any school purposes. The school board may not authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or at any time, including without limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or activities or other use of school property that the school board or school officials authorize or permit on school property, including without limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic, academic, or other events sponsored by the school board or in which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being smoked.

(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11)

Sec. 34-18.11. Tobacco prohibition. The Board of Education shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at school bus stops when such property is being used for any school purposes. Neither the board nor the local school council may authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or at any time, including without limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or activities or other use of school property that the school board or school officials authorize or permit on school property, including without limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic, academic or other events sponsored by the school board or in which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being smoked.

(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.