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91_SB0216

 
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 1        AN  ACT  in  relation to tobacco products, creating a new
 2    Act, and amending certain named Acts, and  repealing  certain
 3    Acts.

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

 6        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 7    Illinois  Underage Purchase, Possession, and Sales Prevention
 8    Act of 1999.

 9        Section 5.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Act:
10        "Distribute" means to give, deliver,  sell,  furnish,  or
11    provide  tobacco products, including tobacco product samples,
12    to the ultimate consumer.
13        "Enforcement agency" means the  Illinois  Liquor  Control
14    Commission.
15        "Inspection"  means  the  inspection described in Section
16    1926(b) of the Federal Public Health Service Act  (42  U.S.C.
17    300x-26(b)).
18        "Person"  means any natural person, company, corporation,
19    firm, partnership, organization, or other legal entity.
20        "Proof  of  age"  means  a  driver's  license  or   other
21    documentary  or  written  evidence that purports to establish
22    that the person is 18 years of age or older.
23        "Sample" means a tobacco product distributed for  members
24    of  the  general  public at no cost for purposes of promoting
25    the product.
26        "Seller"  means  any  person  who   distributes   tobacco
27    products for commercial purposes.
28        "Tobacco product" means any product that contains tobacco
29    and is intended for human consumption.
30        "Vending  machine"  means  any  mechanical,  electric, or
31    electronic  self-service  device  which,  upon  insertion  of
 
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 1    money, tokens, or any other form  of  payment,  automatically
 2    dispenses tobacco products.

 3        Section  10.   Prohibition  of  sale  or  distribution of
 4    tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age.
 5        (a)  No person shall sell, buy  for,  or  distribute  any
 6    tobacco  product  to  another  person who has not attained 18
 7    years of age; provided however, that it shall not be unlawful
 8    to distribute a tobacco product to any employee when required
 9    in the performance of the employee's duties.
10        (b)  It shall be an affirmative  defense  to  any  action
11    brought  pursuant  to this Section if the defendant shows any
12    one of the following:
13             (1)  That  the  purchaser   or   recipient   falsely
14        represented that he or she had attained the age of 18;
15             (2)  That   the  purchaser  or  recipient  presented
16        purported proof  of  age  showing  that  he  or  she  had
17        attained the age of 18;
18             (3)  That   the   appearance  of  the  purchaser  or
19        recipient was such that an ordinary  and  prudent  person
20        would  believe that the purchaser had attained the age of
21        18; or
22             (4)  That the  sale  was  made  in  good  faith  and
23        reasonable  reliance  on  the  purported proof of age and
24        appearance of the purchaser or recipient in the belief by
25        the seller that the purchaser or recipient  had  attained
26        the age of 18.
27        (c)  A  person who distributes tobacco products at retail
28    shall not be convicted of a violation of this Section  unless
29    the  person under 18 years of age who purchased, attempted to
30    purchase, or possessed tobacco products  has  been  convicted
31    under   Section   15,  provided  such  purchase,  attempt  to
32    purchase, or possession did not occur pursuant to Section 45.
33        (d)  Any person with a license under Section 40  and  any
 
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 1    employee or agent of such person who violates this Section is
 2    guilty  of a petty offense and for the first offense shall be
 3    fined $200, for the second  offense  in  a  12-month  period,
 4    $400,  and  for the third or subsequent offense in a 12-month
 5    period, $500.  Any other  person  who  sells  or  distributes
 6    tobacco  products in violation of this Section is guilty of a
 7    petty offense and for the first offense shall be fined  $200,
 8    for  the  second  offense in a 12-month period, $400, and for
 9    the third or subsequent offense in a 12-month period, $500.
10        (e)  For purposes  of  determining  the  liability  of  a
11    person  controlling  franchises  or  business  operations  in
12    multiple  locations  for  a second or subsequent violation of
13    this Section, each individual franchise or business  location
14    shall be deemed a separate entity.

15        Section    15.  Juvenile    purchase,   possession,   and
16    consumption of tobacco.
17        (a)  No person under 18 years of  age  shall  attempt  to
18    purchase, purchase, accept receipt of, possess, use, or offer
19    to  any  person  any  purported  proof  of age that is false,
20    fraudulent, or not actually his or her own, for  the  purpose
21    of  purchasing  or  receiving  any tobacco product; provided,
22    however, that it shall not be unlawful for such a  person  to
23    accept  receipt  of  a  tobacco product from an employer when
24    required in the performance of the employee's duties.
25        (b)  Any person under 18 years of age who  violates  this
26    Section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  petty offense and shall be
27    penalized as follows:
28             (1)  For  the  first   offense,   by   a   mandatory
29        suspension of his or her Illinois driver's license (or in
30        the  case  of  a  person  without  an  Illinois  driver's
31        license,  a  postponement of driver's license application
32        eligibility) for a period not to exceed 60 days.
33             (2)  For  a  second  offense,  a  $200  fine  and  a
 
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 1        mandatory suspension of  his  or  her  Illinois  driver's
 2        license  (or  in the case of a person without an Illinois
 3        driver's license,  a  postponement  of  driver's  license
 4        application eligibility) for a 90-day period.
 5             (3)  For  a third or subsequent offense, a $500 fine
 6        and  a  mandatory  suspension  of  his  or  her  Illinois
 7        driver's license (or in the case of a person  without  an
 8        Illinois  driver's  license  a  postponement  of driver's
 9        license application eligibility) for a 180-day period.
10        In  geographic  areas  in  which   educational   programs
11    addressing  the risks of tobacco consumption are available, a
12    court may also require participation in such  an  educational
13    program.

14        Section 20.  Training of retail clerks.
15        (a)  Every  person  engaged  in  the  business of selling
16    tobacco products  at  retail  shall  notify  each  individual
17    employed  by  that  person as a retail sales clerk that State
18    law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to
19    any person under 18 years of age and out-of-package sales  of
20    cigarettes  and  smokeless  tobacco.   This  notice  shall be
21    provided before the individual commences  work  as  a  retail
22    sales  clerk,  or, in the case of an individual employed as a
23    retail sales clerk on the effective date of this Act,  within
24    30  days  of that date.  The individual shall signify that he
25    or she has received the notice required by  this  Section  by
26    signing a form stating as follows:
27             "I  understand  that State law prohibits the sale or
28        distribution of tobacco  products  to  persons  under  18
29        years  of  age and out-of-package sales of cigarettes and
30        smokeless tobacco products.  I promise, as a condition of
31        my employment, to observe this law."
32    Each form signed by such individual shall indicate  the  date
33    of  signature.   The employer shall retain the form signed by
 
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 1    each individual employed as a retail sales  clerk  until  120
 2    days after the individual has left the employer's employ.
 3        (b)  Any   employer   who   fails   to  comply  with  the
 4    requirements of this Section is guilty of a petty offense and
 5    for the first offense shall be fined  $200,  for  the  second
 6    offense  in  a  12-month  period,  $400, and for the third or
 7    subsequent offense in a 12-month period, $500.   An  employer
 8    who complies with the requirements o this Section and who has
 9    in  effect  a  training  program  designed to make his or her
10    employees aware of how to comply  with  the  requirements  of
11    Section  10  shall  not  be  subject  to any civil penalty or
12    suspension, revocation, denial, or nonrenewal of a license by
13    reason of a sale to a person 18 years  of  age  by  a  retail
14    sales  clerk  if  the sales clerk had not been convicted of a
15    first offense under that Section prior to such sale.

16        Section 25.  Signs.
17        (a)  On and after the effective date of this  Act,  every
18    person  who sells tobacco products at retail over the counter
19    shall post and maintain in legible condition, a sign  stating
20    the following:
21             "STATE  LAW  STRICTLY  PROHIBITS THE SALE OF TOBACCO
22        PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE,  THE  PURCHASE
23        OF  OR  ATTEMPT  TO  PURCHASE  SUCH  TOBACCO  PRODUCTS BY
24        PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, OR THE OFFERING  OF  FALSE
25        PROOF OF AGE IN ORDER TO PURCHASE SUCH PRODUCTS."
26        (b)  Any  person who fails to place and maintain the sign
27    required by this Section 25 is guilty of a petty offense  and
28    shall be fined not more than $100.

29        Section 30.  Restriction on vending machines.
30        (a)  No  person  shall  sell  tobacco  products through a
31    vending machine unless the vending machine is located:
32             (1)  In an area of factories,  businesses,  offices,
 
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 1        private  clubs,  and other places not open to the general
 2        public;
 3             (2)  In an area that is open to the  public  but  to
 4        which  persons  under  the  age  of  18  years are denied
 5        access;
 6             (3)  In a place where alcoholic beverages  are  sold
 7        for consumption on the premises;
 8             (4)  In  another places, but only if the machine (i)
 9        is under the  continuous  supervision  of  the  owner  or
10        lessee  of  the premises or an employee thereof, (ii) can
11        be operated only  by  the  activation  of  an  electronic
12        switch  by  the  owner  or  lessee  of the premises or an
13        employee thereof prior to each  purchase,  and  (iii)  is
14        inaccessible  to  the  public  when  the establishment is
15        closed.
16        (b)  A person who violates this Section 30 is guilty of a
17    petty offense and shall be fined $200 for the first  offense,
18    $400  for  the  second offense in a 12-month period, and $500
19    for the third or any subsequent offense in a 12-month period.

20        Section  35.  Prohibition  on  distribution  of   tobacco
21    products other than in sealed packages.
22        (a)  No person shall sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco
23    products  other  than in an unopened package originating with
24    the manufacturer.
25        (b)  A person who violates this Section 35 is guilty of a
26    petty offense and shall be fined $200 for the first  offense,
27    $400  for  the  second offense in a 12-month period, and $500
28    for the third or any subsequent offense in a 12-month period.

29        Section 40.  Licensing of tobacco product retailers.
30        (a)  No person shall engage in the retail sale of tobacco
31    products over the counter or through any vending  machine  on
32    or  after  180  days  after  the  effective date of this Act,
 
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 1    unless the person is authorized to do so by a license  issued
 2    pursuant  to this Section 40, or is an employee or agent of a
 3    person who has been issued a license pursuant to this Section
 4    40.  For purposes of this Section 40, the person deemed to be
 5    engaged in the retail sale  of  tobacco  products  through  a
 6    vending   machine   shall   be  the  owner  of  the  business
 7    establishment where the vending machine is located
 8        (b)  The annual  license  fee  for  the  retail  sale  of
 9    tobacco products shall be as follows:
10             (1)  Twenty-five  dollars for each place of business
11        where tobacco products  are  sold  over  the  counter  at
12        retail.   A  separate  license shall be required for each
13        place of business where tobacco products  are  sold  over
14        the counter at retail.
15             (2)  Twenty-five  dollars  for each vending machine.
16        A separate license shall be  required  for  each  vending
17        machine through which tobacco products are sold.
18        (c)  Every  application  for a license under this Section
19    40 shall be made upon a  form  provided  by  the  Enforcement
20    Agency and shall set forth the name under which the applicant
21    transacts  or  intends  to transact business, the location of
22    the place of  business  or  vending  machine  for  which  the
23    license   is   to   be  issued,  and  any  other  identifying
24    information that the Enforcement Agency may require.
25        (d)  Every  license  issued  by  the  Enforcement  Agency
26    pursuant to this Section 40 shall be valid for one year  from
27    the  date  of  issuance and shall be renewed upon application
28    except as otherwise provided in this Act.  Upon  notification
29    of  a  change  of  address,  if  required  by the Enforcement
30    Agency, a license shall  be  reissued  for  the  new  address
31    without the filing of a new application.
32        (e)  On  or  before  90  days after the effective date of
33    this Act, the Enforcement Agency shall notify every person in
34    this  State  who  engages  in  the  retail  sale  of  tobacco
 
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 1    products, including retail sale through vending machines,  of
 2    the license requirements imposed by this Section 40.
 3        (f)  The  Agency  shall  issue  a license or renewal of a
 4    license within 30 days  of  receiving  a  properly  completed
 5    application  and  the  applicable  license  fee. A license or
 6    renewal thereof shall not be withheld  or  denied;  provided,
 7    however,  that (i) no license shall be issued for the sale of
 8    tobacco products through a vending machine that dispenses any
 9    product in addition to tobacco products, and (ii) no  license
10    shall  be  issued  for the sale of tobacco products through a
11    vending machine unless  the  applicant  certifies  compliance
12    with the restrictions set forth in Section 30(a) with respect
13    to  the  machine for which the license is issued. No terms or
14    conditions shall be imposed by any governmental body for  the
15    issuance, maintenance, or renewal of a license for the retail
16    sale  of tobacco products except as specified in this Section
17    40.
18        (g)  Any person who engages in the retail sale of tobacco
19    products without a license as required by this Section 40, or
20    after a license issued pursuant to this Section 40  has  been
21    suspended  is  guilty  of  a  business  offense,  for which a
22    mandatory $1,000 fine shall be imposed. A person convicted of
23    a second or subsequent violation of this Section 40 is guilty
24    of a Class B misdemeanor. No person shall be liable for  more
25    than one violation per day.
26        (h)  A  license  issued  under  this  Section  40  is not
27    assignable and is valid only for the person in whose name  it
28    is  issued  and  for the place of business or vending machine
29    designated therein. No license shall be required and  no  fee
30    shall  be  specified  for the retail sale of tobacco products
31    other than the license required and the fee  specified  under
32    this  Section 40.  License fees shall not be raised except by
33    act of the General Assembly.
 
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 1        Section   45.  Suspension,   revocation,   denial,    and
 2    nonrenewal of licenses.
 3        (a)  Upon finding that a licensee or an employee or agent
 4    of  the  licensee has been determined by a court of competent
 5    jurisdiction to have committed during the license term  3  or
 6    more  violations  of  this  Act  involving  the same place of
 7    business or vending machine for which the license was issued,
 8    the Enforcement Agency shall notify the licensee in  writing,
 9    served  personally  or by mail, that any subsequent violation
10    thereof  during  the  license   term   may   result   in   an
11    administrative action to suspend the license for a period not
12    to exceed 30 days.
13        (b)  Upon  finding  that a further violation has occurred
14    during the license term notwithstanding the  notice  provided
15    under  subsection  (a)  of this Section 45 involving the same
16    place of business or vending machine for  which  the  license
17    was   issued,   the   Enforcement   Agency  may  initiate  an
18    administrative action to suspend  the  license.   No  license
19    shall  be suspended except after a hearing by the Enforcement
20    Agency with reasonable  notice  to  the  licensee  served  by
21    registered or certified mail with return receipt requested at
22    least  5  days  prior  to  the  hearing  at the last place of
23    business of the licensee and after an opportunity  to  appear
24    and  defend.  Such notice shall specify the time and place of
25    the hearing and the nature of the charges.  The  findings  of
26    the  Enforcement  Agency  shall  be predicated upon competent
27    evidence.
28        (c)  The   Enforcement    Agency    may    initiate    an
29    administrative action to revoke a license that previously has
30    been  suspended  under  subsection (b) of this Section 45 if,
31    during the license term, a further violation of this  Act  is
32    committed  involving  the  same  place of business or vending
33    machine for which the license was issued.  No  license  shall
34    be suspended except after a hearing by the Enforcement Agency
 
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 1    with  reasonable  notice to the licensee served by registered
 2    or certified mail with return receipt requested  at  least  5
 3    days  prior  to the hearings at the last place of business of
 4    the licensee and after an opportunity to appear  and  defend.
 5    Such  notice  shall specify the time and place of the hearing
 6    and  the  nature  of  the  charges.   The  findings  of   the
 7    Enforcement   Agency   shall  be  predicated  upon  competent
 8    evidence.
 9        (d)  A copy of the order or decision of  the  Enforcement
10    Agency, in any proceeding before it, certified under the seal
11    of the Enforcement Agency, shall be served upon each party of
12    record  to  the  proceeding before the Enforcement Agency and
13    service upon any attorney of record for any such party  shall
14    be  deemed  service  upon  such  party.  Each party appearing
15    before  the  Enforcement  Agency  shall  enter  his  or   her
16    appearance  and indicate to the Enforcement Agency his or her
17    address for the service of a copy of any order, decision,  or
18    notice  and  the mailing of a copy of an order or decision of
19    the Enforcement Agency or of  a  notice  by  the  Enforcement
20    Agency  in the proceeding to that party at his or her address
21    shall be deemed service upon  that  party.   Within  20  days
22    after  the service of an order or decision of the Enforcement
23    Agency upon a party to the proceeding, that party  may  apply
24    for  a rehearing with respect to any matter determined by the
25    Enforcement Agency.  If a rehearing is  granted,  the  Agency
26    shall hold the rehearing and render a decision within 20 days
27    after  the  filing  of the application for rehearing with the
28    secretary of the Enforcement Agency.  The  time  for  holding
29    the  rehearing and tendering a decision may be extended for a
30    period not to exceed 30 days, for good cause  shown,  and  by
31    notice  in writing to all parties of interest.  No action for
32    the judicial review of any decision of the Enforcement Agency
33    shall be allowed unless the party commencing the  action  has
34    first   filed   an   application  for  a  rehearing  and  the
 
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 1    Enforcement Agency has acted upon that application.  Only one
 2    rehearing  may  be  granted  by  the  Enforcement  Agency  on
 3    application of any one party.
 4        (e)  The Enforcement Agency may refuse to grant or  renew
 5    a  license under this Act to any person determined by a court
 6    of competent jurisdiction  to  have  committed  more  than  3
 7    violations  of this Act during the year preceding the date on
 8    which the license or renewal application was filed  with  the
 9    Enforcement  Agency.   Before  refusing  to  grant or renew a
10    license under this Act, the Enforcement Agency shall give the
11    applicant an opportunity, at  least  14  days  after  written
12    notice  is  served, personally or by mail upon the applicant,
13    to show why the denial or nonrenewal would be unwarranted  or
14    unjust.
15        (f)  A person whose license has been suspended or revoked
16    pursuant  to  this Act shall pay the Enforcement Agency a fee
17    of $50 for the renewal or reissuance  of  the  license.   For
18    purposes of determining the liability of a person controlling
19    franchises or business operations in multiple locations for a
20    second  or  subsequent violation of this Act, each individual
21    franchise or business location shall  be  deemed  a  separate
22    entity.
23        (g)  All    final   administrative   decisions   of   the
24    Enforcement  Agency  under  this  Act  shall  be  subject  to
25    judicial  review  pursuant   to   the   provisions   of   the
26    Administrative  Review  Law and the rules adopted pursuant to
27    the Administrative  Review  Law.   The  term  "administrative
28    decision"  has  the  same  meaning as in Section 3-101 of the
29    Code of Civil Procedure.

30        Section  50.   Unannounced  inspections;  reporting   and
31    compliance.
32        (a)  The  Enforcement  Agency shall enforce this Act in a
33    manner that can reasonably be expected to reduce  the  extent
 
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 1    to  which tobacco products are sold or distributed to persons
 2    under 18 years of age, and  shall  annually  conduct  random,
 3    unannounced  inspections  at locations where tobacco products
 4    are sold  or  distributed,  including  vending  machines,  to
 5    ensure  compliance with this Act.  The Enforcement Agency may
 6    enter into  contracts  with  the  following  law  enforcement
 7    agencies,  if  those  law  enforcement agencies demonstrate a
 8    pattern  of  enforcement  of  the  attempt  to  purchase  and
 9    possession  violation  under  Section  15,  under  which  the
10    agencies will  be  authorized  to  conduct  inspections,  and
11    engage in enforcement actions, as provided in this Section:
12             (1)  the Illinois State Police;
13             (2)  the sheriff of a county; or
14             (3)  the  head  of  the  police department or police
15        force of any county, city, town, or village.
16        (b)  The program of  inspections  authorized  under  this
17    Section  50  shall  cover  a range of licensed establishments
18    that reflects the distribution of  the  population  under  18
19    years  of  age  throughout  the  State where persons under 18
20    years of age are most likely to attempt to  purchase  tobacco
21    products.   Licensed establishments shall not be selected for
22    inspection  on  the  basis  of  evidence   concerning   prior
23    violations.  If the Enforcement Agency conducts an inspection
24    at  an  establishment  that  does not result in evidence of a
25    violation, the Enforcement Agency shall not  conduct  another
26    inspection at the same establishment for a period of not less
27    than one year.
28        (c)  For  purposes of inspections and enforcement actions
29    undertaken pursuant to this  Section  50,  persons  under  18
30    years  of  age  may  be enlisted to attempt to purchase or to
31    purchase tobacco products, provided that such  persons  shall
32    have the prior written consent of a parent or legal guardian,
33    and  provided  further  that  such  persons shall be directly
34    supervised  during  the  conduct  of   each   inspection   or
 
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 1    enforcement  action  by  an adult employee of the Enforcement
 2    Agency or by the Illinois State  Police,  the  sheriff  of  a
 3    county,  county  police  department,  the  head of the police
 4    department or police force of  any  county,  city,  town,  or
 5    village, or any officer or employee thereof.  No person under
 6    18  years  of  age  may  misrepresent  his or her age for the
 7    purpose of  purchasing  or  attempting  to  purchase  tobacco
 8    products.    If  questioned  about  his  or her age during an
 9    attempt to purchase or receive  tobacco  products,  a  person
10    under  18  years  of  age shall state his or her true age and
11    that he or she is under 18 years of age.  A person  under  18
12    years  of  age  shall  not  be  used  in  any  inspection  or
13    enforcement  action  at an establishment in which that person
14    is a regular customer.  A photograph or  video  recording  of
15    any  person  under 18 years of age assisting in an inspection
16    or enforcement action shall be taken prior to and after  each
17    inspection  or enforcement action, or shift of inspections or
18    enforcement  actions,  and  retained  for   2   years.    The
19    appearance of a person under 18 years of age participating in
20    an inspection or enforcement action shall not be altered.
21        (d)  The   owner   or   an   authorized  employee  of  an
22    establishment where an inspection or enforcement action under
23    this Section 50 takes place shall be informed of the  results
24    of  the  inspection  or  enforcement  action not more than 72
25    hours  after  the  inspection  or   enforcement   action   is
26    completed.  The employee of the department or law enforcement
27    officer  who  directly  supervised  an  inspection  conducted
28    pursuant  to  this  Section  shall  prepare  a written report
29    within 7 days after completion.  A copy of that report  shall
30    be  delivered  to  the  owner  of the establishment where the
31    inspection took place within 14  days  of  completion.    The
32    report  shall include the name and position of the person who
33    directly supervised the inspection, the age and date of birth
34    of the person under 18 years of age  who  assisted  with  the
 
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 1    inspection, the date and time of the inspection, a reasonably
 2    detailed description of the inspection, and the result of the
 3    inspection.   Any  use of persons under 18 years of age other
 4    than that permitted by this Section 50 to measure  compliance
 5    with  or  to  enforce Section 10 or any other prohibitions of
 6    like or similar import shall be unlawful and  the  person  or
 7    persons  responsible  for  such  use  shall be subject to the
 8    penalties prescribed for violation of Section 10.
 9        (e)  The Enforcement Agency shall compile the results  of
10    inspections  performed pursuant to this Section 50, and shall
11    prepare  an  annual  report  reflecting  such   results   for
12    submission  with  the  State's  application for federal block
13    grants  for  substance  abuse  prevention  and  treatment  in
14    accordance with the  requirements  of  Section  1926  of  the
15    federal Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26).
16        (f)  Failure   to   comply   with   any   requirement  of
17    subsections (a) through (d) of  this  Section  50  during  an
18    inspection  or  enforcement  action  shall  be an affirmative
19    defense to any action for violation of Section 10 brought  as
20    a   result   of   such   inspection  or  enforcement  action.
21    Information gathered  during  an  inspection  or  enforcement
22    action  that was conducted in a manner not in accordance with
23    this Section shall not be admitted as evidence in any  action
24    and  shall not be used in any report, filing, application, or
25    publication prepared by the Enforcement Agency or  any  other
26    agency  of the State, including any report under Section 1926
27    of  the  federal  Public  Health  Services  Act  (42   U.S.C.
28    300x-26).
29        (g)  The Enforcement Agency shall negotiate annually with
30    the  United  States  Secretary  of  Health and Human Services
31    interim performance targets and the time frame for  achieving
32    the  ultimate  performance objective as provided in 45 C.F.R.
33    96.130.  The  Enforcement  Agency  shall  not  agree  to  any
34    interim performance target or any such time frame that is not
 
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 1    realistic  and  attainable,  and shall strive consistent with
 2    this Section 50 and  with  Section  10  to  ensure  continued
 3    federal funding for the State's substance abuse programs.
 4        (h)  To   support  inspections  and  enforcement  actions
 5    authorized under this Section,  the  Enforcement  Agency  may
 6    expend  funds from the following to the full extent permitted
 7    by federal law:
 8             (1)  The primary  prevention  set-aside  portion  of
 9        federal  block  grants for substance abuse prevention and
10        treatment (45 C.F.R. 96.124(b)(1));
11             (2)  The Centers for  Disease  Control's  Preventive
12        Health  and  Health  Services Block Grant (42 U.S.C. par.
13        300-w et seq.); and
14             (3)  Any other available source of federal funds.

15        Section  55.  Offset  for  enforcement  and   inspection.
16    License  fees  and  penalties  collected pursuant to this Act
17    shall be  distributed  to  the  Enforcement  Agency  for  the
18    administration and enforcement of this Act.

19        Section 60.  Preemption.
20        (a)  Except   as  provided  in  subsection  (b)  of  this
21    Section,  a  home  rule  or  non-home  rule  unit  of   local
22    government  in  this  State  shall  not  have  the  power  or
23    authority to enact or enforce any laws, ordinances, rules, or
24    regulations  concerning the sale, distribution, display, use,
25    advertising or promotion of  tobacco  products.    Except  as
26    provided  in  subsection  (b) of this Section,  the power and
27    authority to regulate the sale,  distribution,  display,  use
28    advertising,   and   promotion  of  tobacco  products  is  an
29    exclusive State power or function. This Act is a  denial  and
30    limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
31    (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
32        (b)  Subsection  (a)  shall  not  preclude a home rule or
 
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 1    non-home rule unit from continuing to require  a  license  or
 2    permit as a condition of selling tobacco products pursuant to
 3    an  ordinance enacted prior to the effective date of this Act
 4    for the sole purpose of collecting the license or permit fee;
 5    provided, that the fee  imposed  to  obtain  such  permit  or
 6    license  may  not  exceed  the fee in effect on the effective
 7    date of this Act.

 8        Section  150.   The  Cigarette  Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 9    changing Section 4 as follows:

10        (35 ILCS 130/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.4)
11        Sec. 4. No person may engage in business as a distributor
12    of cigarettes in this State within the meaning of the first 2
13    definitions of distributor in Section 1 of this  Act  without
14    first having obtained a license therefor from the Department.
15    Application  for  license  shall be made to the Department in
16    form as furnished and  prescribed  by  the  Department.  Each
17    applicant  for  a license under this Section shall furnish to
18    the Department  on  the  form  signed  and  verified  by  the
19    applicant the following information:
20        (a)  The name and address of the applicant;
21        (b)  The  address  of the location at which the applicant
22    proposes to engage in business as a distributor of cigarettes
23    in this State;
24        (c)  Such other additional information as the  Department
25    may lawfully require by its rules and regulations.
26        The annual license fee payable to the Department for each
27    distributor's  license  shall  be  $250.  The purpose of such
28    annual license fee is to defray the cost, to the  Department,
29    of  coding,  serializing or coding and serializing, cigarette
30    tax stamps, and to assist the Enforcement Agency  defined  in
31    Section  5(2)  of the Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession,
32    and Sales Prevention Act of 1999 with costs  associated  with
 
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 1    the enforcement of that Act. Each applicant for license shall
 2    pay  such fee to the Department at the time of submitting his
 3    application for license to the Department. Such fee shall  be
 4    divided  equally  between  the Department and the Enforcement
 5    Agency defined in  Section  5(2)  of  the  Illinois  Underage
 6    Purchase,  Possession, and Sales Prevention Act of 1999.  The
 7    portion  allocable  to  the  Enforcement  Agency   shall   be
 8    transferred by the Department to the Enforcement Agency.
 9        Every   applicant   who   is   required   to   procure  a
10    distributor's license shall file with his application a joint
11    and  several  bond.  Such  bond  shall  be  executed  to  the
12    Department of Revenue, with good  and  sufficient  surety  or
13    sureties residing or licensed to do business within the State
14    of  Illinois,  in  the amount of $2,500, conditioned upon the
15    true and faithful compliance by the licensee with all of  the
16    provisions of this Act. Such bond, or a reissue thereof, or a
17    substitute  therefor,  shall  be  kept  in  effect during the
18    entire period covered by the license. A separate  application
19    for  license  shall  be  made,  a separate annual license fee
20    paid, and a separate bond filed, for each place  of  business
21    at  which a person who is required to procure a distributor's
22    license under this Section proposes to engage in business  as
23    a distributor in Illinois under this Act.
24        The  following  are ineligible to receive a distributor's
25    license under this Act:
26        (1)  a person who is not of good character and reputation
27    in the community in which he resides;
28        (2)  a person who has been convicted of  a  felony  under
29    any   Federal   or   State  law,  if  the  Department,  after
30    investigation and a hearing, if requested by  the  applicant,
31    determines   that  such  person  has  not  been  sufficiently
32    rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
33        (3)  a corporation, if any officer, manager  or  director
34    thereof,  or  any  stockholder  or stockholders owning in the
 
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 1    aggregate more than 5% of  the  stock  of  such  corporation,
 2    would not be eligible to receive a license under this Act for
 3    any reason;
 4        (4)  a  person  previously  licensed  as a distributor or
 5    wholesaler who has been convicted of a second  offense  under
 6    Section 35 of the Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession, and
 7    Sales Prevention Act of 1999.
 8        The  Department,  upon receipt of an application, license
 9    fee and bond in proper form, from a person who is eligible to
10    receive a distributor's license under this Act,  shall  issue
11    to  such  applicant  a  license  in form as prescribed by the
12    Department, which license shall permit the applicant to which
13    it is issued to engage in business as a  distributor  at  the
14    place  shown  in  his application. All licenses issued by the
15    Department under this Act shall be valid for  not  to  exceed
16    one  year  after  issuance unless sooner revoked, canceled or
17    suspended as provided in this Act. No  license  issued  under
18    this Act is transferable or assignable. Such license shall be
19    conspicuously displayed in the place of business conducted by
20    the licensee in Illinois under such license.
21    (Source: P.A. 78-255.)

22        Section  160.   The  Cigarette  Use Tax Act is amended by
23    changing Section 4 as follows:

24        (35 ILCS 135/4) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.34)
25        Sec. 4. A distributor maintaining a place of business  in
26    this  State,  if  required to procure a license or allowed to
27    obtain a permit as a distributor under the Cigarette Tax Act,
28    need not obtain an additional license or  permit  under  this
29    Act,  but  shall  be  deemed  to  be sufficiently licensed or
30    registered by virtue of  his  being  licensed  or  registered
31    under the Cigarette Tax Act.
32        Every distributor maintaining a place of business in this
 
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 1    State,  if  not  required  to procure a license or allowed to
 2    obtain a permit as a distributor under the Cigarette Tax Act,
 3    shall make a verified application to the Department  (upon  a
 4    form  prescribed  and  furnished  by  the  Department)  for a
 5    license to act as a distributor under this Act. In completing
 6    such  application,   the   applicant   shall   furnish   such
 7    information as the Department may reasonably require.
 8        The annual license fee payable to the Department for each
 9    distributor's  license  shall  be  $250.  The purpose of such
10    annual license fee is to defray the cost, to the  Department,
11    of  coding,  serializing, or coding and serializing cigarette
12    tax stamps, and to assist the Enforcement Agency  defined  in
13    Section  5(2)  of the Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession,
14    and Sales Prevention Act of 1999 with costs  associated  with
15    the  enforcement of that Act. The applicant for license shall
16    pay such fee to the Department at the time of submitting  the
17    application  for license to the Department. Such fee shall be
18    divided equally between the Department  and  the  Enforcement
19    Agency  defined  in  Section  5(2)  of  the Illinois Underage
20    Purchase, Possession, and Sales Prevention Act of 1999.   The
21    portion   allocable   to  the  Enforcement  Agency  shall  be
22    transferred by the Department to the Enforcement Agency.
23        Such applicant shall file, with his application, a  joint
24    and  several  bond.  Such  bond  shall  be  executed  to  the
25    Department  of  Revenue,  with  good and sufficient surety or
26    sureties residing or licensed to do business within the State
27    of Illinois, in the amount of $2,500,  conditioned  upon  the
28    true  and faithful compliance by the licensee with all of the
29    provisions of this Act. Such bond, or a reissue thereof, or a
30    substitute therefor, shall  be  kept  in  effect  during  the
31    entire  period covered by the license. A separate application
32    for license shall be made,  a  separate  annual  license  fee
33    paid,  and  a separate bond filed, for each place of business
34    at  or  from  which  the  applicant  proposes  to  act  as  a
 
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 1    distributor under this Act and for which the applicant is not
 2    required to procure a license or allowed to obtain  a  permit
 3    as a distributor under the Cigarette Tax Act.
 4        The  following  are ineligible to receive a distributor's
 5    license under this Act:
 6        (1)  a person who is not of good character and reputation
 7    in the community in which he resides;
 8        (2)  a person who has been convicted of  a  felony  under
 9    any   Federal   or   State  law,  if  the  Department,  after
10    investigation and a hearing, if requested by  the  applicant,
11    determines   that  such  person  has  not  been  sufficiently
12    rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
13        (3)  a corporation, if any officer, manager  or  director
14    thereof,  or  any  stockholder  or stockholders owning in the
15    aggregate more than 5% of  the  stock  of  such  corporation,
16    would  not be eligible to receive a license hereunder for any
17    reason;
18        (4)  a person previously licensed  as  a  distributor  or
19    wholesaler  who  has been convicted of a second offense under
20    Section 35 of the Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession, and
21    Sales Prevention Act of 1999.
22        Upon approval of such application and bond and payment of
23    the required annual license fee, the Department shall issue a
24    license to the  applicant.  Such  license  shall  permit  the
25    applicant  to  engage in business as a distributor at or from
26    the place shown in his application. All  licenses  issued  by
27    the  Department  under  this  Act  shall  be valid for not to
28    exceed  one  year  after  issuance  unless  sooner   revoked,
29    canceled  or  suspended  as  in this Act provided. No license
30    issued under this Act is  transferable  or  assignable.  Such
31    license  shall  be  conspicuously  displayed  at the place of
32    business for which it is issued.
33    (Source: P.A. 78-255.)
 
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 1        Section 180.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934  is  amended
 2    by changing Section 3-12 as follows:

 3        (235 ILCS 5/3-12) (from Ch. 43, par. 108)
 4        Sec.  3-12.   (a)  The  State  commission  shall have the
 5    following powers, functions and duties:
 6        (1)  To receive applications and  to  issue  licenses  to
 7    manufacturers,  foreign  importers,  importing  distributors,
 8    distributors,  non-resident  dealers,  on premise consumption
 9    retailers, off premise sale retailers, special event retailer
10    licensees,  special  use  permit  licenses,  auction   liquor
11    licenses,  brew  pubs, caterer retailers, non-beverage users,
12    railroads, including owners and lessees of  sleeping,  dining
13    and  cafe  cars,  airplanes, boats, brokers, and wine maker's
14    retail licensees in accordance with the  provisions  of  this
15    Act,  and  to  suspend or revoke such licenses upon the State
16    commission's determination, upon notice after hearing, that a
17    licensee has violated any provision of this Act or  any  rule
18    or  regulation  issued  pursuant thereto and in effect for 30
19    days prior to such violation.
20        In  lieu  of  suspending  or  revoking  a  license,   the
21    commission  may  impose  a  fine, upon the State commission's
22    determination and notice after hearing, that a  licensee  has
23    violated  any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation
24    issued pursuant thereto and in effect for 30  days  prior  to
25    such  violation.   The  fine imposed under this paragraph may
26    not exceed $500  for  each  violation.   Each  day  that  the
27    activity,  which gave rise to the original fine, continues is
28    a separate violation.  The maximum fine that  may  be  levied
29    against  any  licensee,  for the period of the license, shall
30    not exceed $20,000. The maximum penalty that may  be  imposed
31    on a licensee for selling a bottle of alcoholic liquor with a
32    foreign  object  in  it or serving from a bottle of alcoholic
33    liquor with a foreign object in it shall be  the  destruction
 
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 1    of  that  bottle of alcoholic liquor for the first 10 bottles
 2    so sold or served from by the  licensee.   For  the  eleventh
 3    bottle   of  alcoholic  liquor  and  for  each  third  bottle
 4    thereafter sold or served from by the licensee with a foreign
 5    object in it, the maximum penalty that may be imposed on  the
 6    licensee is the destruction of the bottle of alcoholic liquor
 7    and a fine of up to $50.
 8        (2)  To  adopt such rules and regulations consistent with
 9    the provisions of this Act which shall be necessary to  carry
10    on  its  functions  and  duties  to  the end that the health,
11    safety and welfare of the People of  the  State  of  Illinois
12    shall  be  protected  and  temperance  in  the consumption of
13    alcoholic liquors shall  be  fostered  and  promoted  and  to
14    distribute  copies  of  such  rules  and  regulations  to all
15    licensees affected thereby.
16        (3)  To call upon other administrative departments of the
17    State, county and  municipal  governments,  county  and  city
18    police  departments  and  upon  prosecuting officers for such
19    information and assistance  as  it  deems  necessary  in  the
20    performance of its duties.
21        (4)  To   recommend  to  local  commissioners  rules  and
22    regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  the   law,   for   the
23    distribution  and  sale  of  alcoholic liquors throughout the
24    State.
25        (5)  To inspect, or cause to be inspected,  any  premises
26    in  this  State  where  alcoholic  liquors  are manufactured,
27    distributed, warehoused, or sold.
28        (5.1)  Upon  receipt  of  a  complaint  or  upon   having
29    knowledge  that  any  person  is  engaged  in  business  as a
30    manufacturer, importing distributor, distributor, or retailer
31    without a license or  valid  license,  to  notify  the  local
32    liquor   authority,   file   a  complaint  with  the  State's
33    Attorney's Office of the county where the incident  occurred,
34    or   initiate  an  investigation  with  the  appropriate  law
 
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 1    enforcement officials.
 2        (5.2)  To issue a cease  and  desist  notice  to  persons
 3    shipping  alcoholic  liquor  into  this  State  from  a point
 4    outside of this State if the shipment is in violation of this
 5    Act.
 6        (6)  To hear and determine appeals from orders of a local
 7    commission in accordance with the provisions of this Act,  as
 8    hereinafter  set  forth. Hearings under this subsection shall
 9    be held in Springfield or Chicago, at whichever  location  is
10    the  more  convenient  for  the  majority  of persons who are
11    parties to the hearing.
12        (7)  The commission shall establish  uniform  systems  of
13    accounts  to be kept by all retail licensees having more than
14    4 employees, and for this purpose the commission may classify
15    all  retail  licensees  having  more  than  4  employees  and
16    establish a uniform system of accounts  for  each  class  and
17    prescribe  the  manner  in which such accounts shall be kept.
18    The commission may also prescribe the forms of accounts to be
19    kept by all retail licensees having more  than  4  employees,
20    including  but  not  limited  to  accounts  of  earnings  and
21    expenses and any distribution, payment, or other distribution
22    of  earnings  or  assets,  and  any  other forms, records and
23    memoranda which in the judgment  of  the  commission  may  be
24    necessary  or  appropriate to carry out any of the provisions
25    of this Act, including but not limited to such forms, records
26    and memoranda as will readily and accurately disclose at  all
27    times  the  beneficial  ownership  of  such  retail  licensed
28    business.   The  accounts, forms, records and memoranda shall
29    be available  at  all  reasonable  times  for  inspection  by
30    authorized  representatives of the State commission or by any
31    local liquor control commissioner or his  or  her  authorized
32    representative.  The  commission,  may,  from  time  to time,
33    alter, amend or repeal, in whole  or  in  part,  any  uniform
34    system  of  accounts,  or  the  form  and  manner  of keeping
 
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 1    accounts.
 2        (8)  In the conduct of any hearing authorized to be  held
 3    by the commission, to examine, or cause to be examined, under
 4    oath,  any  licensee,  and to examine or cause to be examined
 5    the books and records of such licensee; to hear testimony and
 6    take proof material for its information in the  discharge  of
 7    its   duties   hereunder;   to  administer  or  cause  to  be
 8    administered  oaths;  and  for  any  such  purpose  to  issue
 9    subpoena or subpoenas to require the attendance of  witnesses
10    and  the production of books, which shall be effective in any
11    part of this State.
12        Any Circuit Court may by order duly entered, require  the
13    attendance  of witnesses and the production of relevant books
14    subpoenaed by the State commission and the court  may  compel
15    obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt.
16        (9)  To   investigate   the  administration  of  laws  in
17    relation to alcoholic liquors in this and  other  states  and
18    any  foreign countries, and to recommend from time to time to
19    the Governor and through him or her  to  the  legislature  of
20    this  State,  such  amendments to this Act, if any, as it may
21    think desirable and as will  serve  to  further  the  general
22    broad purposes contained in Section 1-2 hereof.
23        (10)  To adopt such rules and regulations consistent with
24    the  provisions  of this Act which shall be necessary for the
25    control, sale or disposition of alcoholic liquor damaged as a
26    result of an accident, wreck, flood, fire  or  other  similar
27    occurrence.
28        (11)  To develop industry educational programs related to
29    responsible serving and selling, particularly in the areas of
30    overserving  consumers  and  illegal  underage purchasing and
31    consumption of alcoholic beverages.
32        (12)  To develop and maintain a repository of license and
33    regulatory information.
34        (13)  (Blank)  On  or  before  January  15,   1994,   the
 
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 1    Commission  shall  issue a written report to the Governor and
 2    General Assembly that is to be based on a comprehensive study
 3    of the impact on and implications for the State  of  Illinois
 4    of  Section  1926 of the Federal ADAMHA Reorganization Act of
 5    1992 (Public Law 102-321).   This  study  shall  address  the
 6    extent   to   which  Illinois  currently  complies  with  the
 7    provisions of P.L. 102-321 and the rules promulgated pursuant
 8    thereto.
 9        As part of its report, the Commission shall  provide  the
10    following essential information:
11             (i)  the  number  of  retail distributors of tobacco
12        products, by type and geographic area, in the State;
13             (ii)  the   number   of   reported   citations   and
14        successful convictions, categorized by type and  location
15        of  retail  distributor,  for  violation  of  the Sale of
16        Tobacco  to  Minors  Act  and   the   Smokeless   Tobacco
17        Limitation Act;
18             (iii)  the    extent   and   nature   of   organized
19        educational and governmental activities that are intended
20        to promote, encourage or otherwise secure compliance with
21        any Illinois laws that prohibit the sale or  distribution
22        of tobacco products to minors; and
23             (iv)  the   level  of  access  and  availability  of
24        tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18.
25        To  obtain  the  data  necessary  to  comply   with   the
26    provisions  of  P.L.  102-321  and  the  requirements of this
27    report, the  Commission  shall  conduct  random,  unannounced
28    inspections    of   a   geographically   and   scientifically
29    representative  sample  of   the   State's   retail   tobacco
30    distributors.
31        The  Commission  shall  consult  with  the  Department of
32    Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Illinois
33    State Police and  any  other  executive  branch  agency,  and
34    private  organizations  that may have information relevant to
 
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 1    this report.
 2        The Commission  may  contract  with  the  Food  and  Drug
 3    Administration  of  the  U.S.  Department of Health and Human
 4    Services to conduct unannounced  investigations  of  Illinois
 5    tobacco  vendors  to  determine  compliance with federal laws
 6    relating to the illegal  sale  of  cigarettes  and  smokeless
 7    tobacco products to persons under the age of 18.
 8        (14)  The  Commission shall receive and issue licenses to
 9    persons engaged in the retail sales of tobacco products  over
10    the  counter  or through any vending machine, as specified in
11    Section 40 of the Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession, and
12    Sales Prevention Act of 1999.  The Commission  shall  enforce
13    the   Illinois   Underage   Purchase  Possession,  and  Sales
14    Prevention Act of 1999, conduct the inspections described  in
15    Section  45  of  that  Act, and submit the report required by
16    Section 1926 of the federal Public  Health  Service  Act  (42
17    U.S.C.  300x-26).   The  Commission  shall not promulgate any
18    rules  with  respect  to  the  Illinois  Underage   Purchase,
19    Possession,    and    Sales    Prevention    Act   of   1999.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,  and  except
21    as  specifically  provided  in  Sections  40  and  45  of the
22    Illinois Underage Purchase, Possession, and Sales  Prevention
23    Act  of 1999, the Commission shall not exercise any authority
24    with respect to the licensing of sellers of tobacco products,
25    the sale or distribution of such products, or the  inspection
26    of establishments that sell such products at retail.
27        (b)  On  or  before  April 30, 1999, the Commission shall
28    present a written report to  the  Governor  and  the  General
29    Assembly that shall be based on a study of the impact of this
30    amendatory  Act  of  1998  on  the  business  of  soliciting,
31    selling,  and  shipping alcoholic liquor from outside of this
32    State directly to residents of this State.
33        As part of its report, the Commission shall  provide  the
34    following information:
 
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 1             (i)  the  amount  of  State  excise  and  sales  tax
 2        revenues  generated as a result of this amendatory Act of
 3        1998;
 4             (ii)  the amount of licensing  fees  received  as  a
 5        result of this amendatory Act of 1998;
 6             (iii)  the number of reported violations, the number
 7        of cease and desist notices issued by the Commission, the
 8        number  of notices of violations issued to the Department
 9        of Revenue, and the number of notices and  complaints  of
10        violations to law enforcement officials.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-9, eff. 7-1-97; 90-432,
12    eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-739, eff. 8-13-98.)

13        (720 ILCS 675/Act rep.)
14        Section  300.   The  Sale  of  Tobacco  to  Minors Act is
15    repealed.

16        (720 ILCS 680/Act rep.)
17        Section 400.  The Smokeless  Tobacco  Limitation  Act  is
18    repealed.

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

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