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HB2724 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2724

 

Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1432 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that 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. Defines smoking as inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, regulated narcotic, or other combustible substance. Provides that a police officer may not stop a motor vehicle solely for a violation of the new provisions. Provides that a violation is a petty offense with a maximum fine of $100. Provides that motorcycles and convertible motor vehicles in open-air or top down mode are exempt from this provision.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-1432 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1432 new)
7    Sec. 11-1432. Prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle with a
8minor present.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section:
10    "Smoking" means to inhale, exhale, burn, or carry a lighted
11cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, regulated narcotic, or
12other combustible substance.
13    (b) A person shall not operate or be in actual physical
14control of a motor vehicle while a person in the motor vehicle
15is smoking if a person under 18 years of age is in the motor
16vehicle. This Section does not apply to the operator of a
17motorcycle or a motor vehicle with a convertible or removable
18roof in top-down, topless, or open air mode.
19    (c) A police officer may not stop or detain a motor vehicle
20or its driver solely for a violation or suspected violation of
21this Section.
22    (d) A violation of this Section is a petty offense with a
23fine not to exceed $100.