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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3695 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Zoning Division of the Counties Code. Provides that a county may adopt an ordinance to regulate the location of retail tobacco stores in unincorporated areas near vulnerable areas, including schools, day care centers, and hospitals. Provides that a county may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect of prohibiting retail tobacco store in unincorporated areas. |
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| | HB3695 | | LRB104 11118 RTM 21200 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 5-12024 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-12024 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-12024. Restrictions on retail tobacco store |
| 8 | | locations. |
| 9 | | (a) A county may adopt an ordinance to regulate the |
| 10 | | location of retail tobacco stores, as defined in Section 10 of |
| 11 | | the Smoke Free Illinois Act, in unincorporated areas near |
| 12 | | vulnerable areas, including schools, day care centers, and |
| 13 | | hospitals. |
| 14 | | (b) A county may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect |
| 15 | | of prohibiting retail tobacco stores, as defined in Section 10 |
| 16 | | of the Smoke Free Illinois Act, in unincorporated areas. |