SB2659sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 2/24/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2659

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2659 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 11-1432 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1432 new)

Sec. 11-1432. Prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle with a minor present.

(a) For purposes of this Section:

"Smoking" means to inhale, exhale, burn, or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, regulated narcotic, or other combustible substance.

(b) A person shall not operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while a person in the motor vehicle is smoking if a person under 18 years of age is in the motor vehicle. This provision does not apply to the operator of a motorcycle or a motor vehicle with a convertible or removable roof in top-down, topless, or open air mode.

(c) A police officer may not stop or detain a motor vehicle or its driver solely for a violation or suspected violation of this Section.

(d) A violation of this Section is a petty offense with a fine not to exceed $100.".