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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 40 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (410 ILCS 82/40)
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7 | Sec. 40. Enforcement; complaints. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Department, State-certified local public health | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | departments, and local law enforcement agencies shall enforce | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the provisions of this Act through the issuance of citations | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and may assess fines pursuant to Section 45 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (a-2) The citations issued pursuant to this Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | conspicuously include the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1) the name of the offense and its statutory | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | reference; | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) the nature and elements of the violation; | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (3) the date and location of the violation; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (4) the name of the enforcing agency; | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (5) the name of the violator; | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (6) the amount of the imposed fine and the location | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | where the violator can pay the fine without objection; | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (7) the address and phone number of the enforcing | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | agency where the violator can request a hearing before the |
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1 | Department to contest the imposition of the fine imposed by | ||||||
2 | the citation under the rules and procedures of the | ||||||
3 | Administrative Procedure Act; | ||||||
4 | (8) the time period in which to pay the fine or to | ||||||
5 | request a hearing to contest the imposition of the fine | ||||||
6 | imposed by the citation; and | ||||||
7 | (9) the verified signature of the person issuing the | ||||||
8 | citation. | ||||||
9 | (a-3) One copy of the citation shall be provided to the | ||||||
10 | violator, one copy shall be retained by the enforcing agency, | ||||||
11 | and one copy shall be provided to the entity otherwise | ||||||
12 | authorized by the enforcing agency to receive fines on their | ||||||
13 | behalf. | ||||||
14 | (b) Any person may register a complaint with the | ||||||
15 | Department, a State-certified local public health department, | ||||||
16 | or a local law enforcement agency for a violation of this Act. | ||||||
17 | The Department shall establish a telephone number that a person | ||||||
18 | may call to register a complaint under this subsection (b).
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19 | (c) The Department shall afford a violator the opportunity | ||||||
20 | to pay the fine without objection or to contest the citation in | ||||||
21 | accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, | ||||||
22 | except that in case of a conflict between the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of | ||||||
24 | this Act shall control. | ||||||
25 | (d) Upon receipt of a request for hearing to contest the | ||||||
26 | imposition of a fine imposed by a citation, the enforcing |
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1 | agency shall immediately forward a copy of the citation and | ||||||
2 | notice of the request for hearing to the Department for | ||||||
3 | initiation of a hearing conducted in accordance with the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the rules | ||||||
5 | established thereto by the Department applicable to contested | ||||||
6 | cases, except that in case of a conflict between the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of | ||||||
8 | this Act shall control. Parties to the hearing shall be the | ||||||
9 | enforcing agency and the violator. | ||||||
10 | The Department shall notify the violator in writing of the | ||||||
11 | time, place, and location of the hearing. The hearing shall be | ||||||
12 | conducted at the nearest regional office of the Department, or | ||||||
13 | in a location contracted by the Department in the county where | ||||||
14 | the citation was issued. Notwithstanding any rule to the | ||||||
15 | contrary, the enforcing agency shall be permitted to present | ||||||
16 | evidence at the hearing before the Department without legal | ||||||
17 | counsel. | ||||||
18 | (e) Fines imposed under this Act may be collected in | ||||||
19 | accordance with all methods otherwise available to the | ||||||
20 | enforcing agency or the Department, except that there shall be | ||||||
21 | no collection efforts during the pendency of the hearing before | ||||||
22 | the Department. | ||||||
23 | (f) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act | ||||||
24 | of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the | ||||||
25 | rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and |
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1 | procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any | ||||||
2 | purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is | ||||||
3 | unauthorized. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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