Public Act 0979 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 098-0979

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 2202 of the 98th General Assembly, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, becomes law, then "An Act concerning higher education" (Senate Bill 2202 of the 98th General Assembly) is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(S.B. 2202 98th G.A., Sec. 15)

Sec. 15. Prohibitions on smoking.

(a) Beginning on July 1, 2015, smoking is prohibited on each campus of a State-supported institution of higher education. The prohibition set forth in this subsection (a) shall not apply to any instance in which an individual is traveling through or parked on a campus in a vehicle that is not owned by a State-supported institution of higher education.

(b) An individual or campus subject to the smoking prohibitions of this Act may not discriminate or retaliate in any manner against a person for making a complaint of a violation of this Act or furnishing information concerning a violation to a person, campus, or governing authority.

(c) The prohibitions on smoking in this Act must be communicated to all students and employees of State-supported institutions of higher education on or before May 1, 2015 and to each guest of a State-supported institution of higher education upon request.

(d) Each State-supported institution of higher education shall create and post on its Internet website a smoke-free campus map indicating the locations where smoking is prohibited under this Act.

(Source: 09800SB2202ham001.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 2202 of the 98th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.