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HB5209 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5209

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 130/18d

    Amends the Cigarette Tax Act. In provisions concerning the sale of individual or loose cigarettes, provides that penalties are imposed on the owner of a business that employs a person who, in the course of his or her employment with that business, violates those provisions (currently, the penalties are imposed on the person who violates the provisions).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Cigarette Tax Act is amended by changing
5Section 18d as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 130/18d)
7    Sec. 18d. Cigarette package sizes; sale of individual or
8loose cigarettes prohibited. Cigarettes may only be sold in
9packages of 20 or 25 cigarettes. The sale of individual or
10loose cigarettes is prohibited. Any owner of a business that
11employs a person who, in the course of his or her employment
12with that business, violates this Section of the Act is liable
13to pay to the Department, for deposit in the Tax Compliance and
14Administration Fund, a penalty of $1,000 for the first
15violation and $3,000 for any subsequent violation. Any person
16who violates this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
17The Department may adopt rules to administer the penalties
18under this Section.
19(Source: P.A. 100-940, eff. 8-17-18.)