HB5754 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 20805 CMG 70501 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5754

Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b	from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b
105 ILCS 5/34-18.11	from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11

Amends the School Code. In provisions requiring a school board to prohibit the use of tobacco on school property when such property is being used for any school purpose, includes electronic cigarettes in the definition of "tobacco".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 10-20.5b and 34-18.11 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b)

Sec. 10-20.5b. Tobacco prohibition. Each school board shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property by any school personnel, student, or other person when such property is being used for any school purposes. The school board may not authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or at any time, including without limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or activities or other use of school property that the school board or school officials authorize or permit on school property, including without limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic, academic, or other events sponsored by the school board or in which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean a cigarette, a cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being smoked, or an electronic cigarette as defined in subsection (a-9) of Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11)

Sec. 34-18.11. Tobacco prohibition. The Board of Education shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property when such property is being used for any school purposes. Neither the board nor the local school council may authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or at any time, including without limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or activities or other use of school property that the school board or school officials authorize or permit on school property, including without limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic, academic or other events sponsored by the school board or in which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean a cigarette, a cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being smoked, or an electronic cigarette as defined in subsection (a-9) of Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)