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90_SB0309
720 ILCS 675/Act title
720 ILCS 675/0.01 from Ch. 23, par. 2356.9
720 ILCS 675/1.5 new
720 ILCS 675/2 from Ch. 23, par. 2358
Amends the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act. Changes the
title of the Act. Prohibits a person under 18 years of age
from smoking tobacco, in, on, or within 1,000 feet of a
school between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight. Provides
that the penalty is a petty offense with a maximum fine of
$25. Provides that the court may sentence the offender to 50
hours of community service, or to an anti-tobacco alternative
to suspension program, if available. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act by
2 changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and 2 and
3 adding Section 1.5.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act is amended
7 by changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and 2 and
8 adding Section 1.5 as follows:
9 (720 ILCS 675/Act title)
10 An Act to prohibit minors from buying or selling tobacco
11 in any of its forms, to prohibit minors from smoking tobacco
12 in, on, or within 1,000 feet of school property during
13 certain hours, to prohibit selling, giving or furnishing
14 tobacco, in any of its forms, to minors, and providing
15 penalties for violations therefor.
16 (720 ILCS 675/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 2356.9)
17 Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
18 Sale of Tobacco Sale to and Smoking by Minors Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
20 (720 ILCS 675/1.5 new)
21 Sec. 1.5. Smoking by minors prohibited near school
22 property; penalty.
23 (a) It is unlawful for any person under 18 years of age
24 to smoke a cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco in
25 any of its forms in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the real
26 property comprising a public or private elementary or
27 secondary school between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight.
28 This Section does not apply to any person occupying a moving
29 motor vehicle or within a private residence.
30 (b) A peace officer may issue a notice to appear in such
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1 form as prescribed in Section 107-12 of the Code of Criminal
2 Procedure of 1963 to any person that the peace officer has
3 probable cause to believe has violated this Section.
4 (720 ILCS 675/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358)
5 Sec. 2. Sentence.
6 (a) Any person who violates Section 1 of any provision
7 of this Act is guilty of a petty offense and for the first
8 offense shall be fined $200, $400 for the second offense in a
9 12-month period, and $600 for the third or any subsequent
10 offense in a 12-month period.
11 (b) A person who violates Section 1.5 of this Act is
12 guilty of a petty offense and may be fined not to exceed $25,
13 ordered to perform 50 hours of community service, or ordered
14 to successfully complete a school approved anti-tobacco
15 alternative to suspension program, if available.
16 (c) One-half of each fine collected under this Section
17 shall be distributed to the unit of local government or other
18 entity that successfully prosecuted the offender and one-half
19 shall be remitted to the State to be used for enforcing this
20 Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-418.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.
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