95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0125

 

Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Terry Link

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 80/3   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8203
410 ILCS 80/4   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204
410 ILCS 80/5   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8205

    Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Adds several definitions to the Act. Makes changes to the definition of "public place" and "smoking". Deletes a provision allowing smoking in public places in cases where an entire room or hall is used for a private social function. Provides that the prohibition against smoking in public places shall not apply in certain circumstances. Provides that a proprietor of a bar or tavern may establish a secondary free-standing facility where smoking is permitted if certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that beginning July 1, 2008, smoking is prohibited within 15 feet of any entrance of a public place. Deletes a provision allowing elected and appointed officials of the State and of any unit of local government and of any school district, or their designees, having control over property of the State or of a unit of local government or of a school district that includes a public place, and the proprietor or a structure that includes a public place to establish an area on the premises as a smoking area. Provides that the proprietor of a restaurant, bar, or tavern may establish an area on the premises as a smoking area where smoking shall be permitted unless otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, until July 1, 2008, at which time the restaurant, bar, or tavern must comply with other sections of the Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 3, 4, and 5 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 80/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8203)
7     Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
8 following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this
9 Section unless different meanings are plainly indicated by the
10 context:
11     "Bar" or "tavern" means an establishment that is subject to
12 a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
13 the premises and that derives 65% or more of its gross proceeds
14 from the sale of alcoholic liquor. Each bar or tavern shall
15 provide any documentation requested by the Department of
16 Revenue or the Illinois Liquor Control Commission for the
17 determination of whether the establishment meets the
18 percentage requirement of this definition.
19     (a) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
20     "Government" means the State or a political subdivision of
21 the State.
22     "Government building" means any building owned, leased, or
23 operated by the government, as defined in this Section.

 

 

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1     "Government vehicle" means any enclosed vehicle owned,
2 leased, or operated by the government, as defined in this
3 Section.
4     "Healthcare facility" means an office or institution
5 providing care or treatment of diseases, whether physical,
6 mental, or emotional, or other medical, physiological, or
7 psychological conditions, including, but not limited to,
8 hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, weight control clinics,
9 nursing homes, homes for the aging or chronically ill,
10 laboratories, and offices of surgeons, chiropractors, physical
11 therapists, physicians, dentists, and all specialists within
12 these professions. "Healthcare facility" includes all waiting
13 rooms, hallways, private rooms, semiprivate rooms, and wards
14 within healthcare facilities.
15     "Membership association" means a not-for-profit entity
16 which has been created or organized for a charitable,
17 philanthropic, educational, political, social, or other
18 similar purpose.
19     (b) "Proprietor" means any individual or his designated
20 agent who by virtue of his office, position, authority, or
21 duties has legal or administrative responsibility for the use
22 or operation of property.
23     "Public place" (c) "Public Place" means any enclosed indoor
24 area used by the public or serving as a place of work
25 including, but not limited to, hospitals, restaurants, retail
26 stores, offices, commercial establishments, elevators, indoor

 

 

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1 theaters, libraries, art museums, concert halls, public
2 conveyances, educational facilities, nursing homes,
3 auditoriums, arenas, and meeting rooms, aquariums, banks,
4 bars, bowling establishments, convention facilities, gaming
5 facilities, government buildings, government vehicles,
6 healthcare facilities, museums, polling places, public
7 transportation facilities, reception areas, recreation areas,
8 retail service establishments, shopping malls, taverns,
9 theaters, waiting rooms, and zoos, but excluding bowling
10 establishments and excluding places whose primary business is
11 the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
12 and excluding rooms rented for the purpose of living quarters
13 or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations from a hotel, as
14 defined in the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and
15 private, enclosed offices occupied exclusively by smokers,
16 even though such offices may be visited by nonsmokers.
17     "Public transportation facility" means any bus, train,
18 van, or other vehicle operated by or on behalf of the State or
19 political subdivision of the State for public transportation,
20 including any enclosed indoor ticket, boarding, or waiting
21 section in a public transportation facility.
22     "Retail tobacco store" means any retail store (i) used
23 primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories,
24 (ii) in which the sale of other products is merely incidental
25 to the sale of tobacco products and accessories, and (iii)
26 where no one under 18 years of age is permitted.

 

 

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1     (d) "Smoking" means the act of inhaling, exhaling, burning,
2 or carrying any the smoke from or possessing a lighted
3 cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, hookah, or any other lighted
4 tobacco product form of tobacco or similar substance used in
5 any manner or form for smoking.
6     (e) "State agency" has the meaning formerly ascribed to it
7 in subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Illinois Purchasing Act
8 (now repealed).
9     (f) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
10 it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of
11 1970.
12 (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
13     (410 ILCS 80/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204)
14     Sec. 4. Smoking prohibited.
15     (a) No person shall smoke in a public place except in that
16 portion of a public place which may be established and posted
17 under Section 5 as a smoking area. This prohibition does not
18 apply in cases in which an entire room or hall is used for a
19 private social function and seating arrangements are under the
20 control of the sponsor of the function and not of the
21 proprietor or person in charge of the place. This Furthermore,
22 this prohibition shall not apply to:
23         (1) factories, warehouses and similar places of work
24     not usually frequented by the general public; .
25         (2) private residences, except when used as a licensed

 

 

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1     childcare facility, adult day care facility, healthcare
2     facility, or home-based business of any kind open to the
3     public;
4         (3) private vehicles;
5         (4) any building owned, rented, leased, or otherwise
6     operated by a membership association when used solely by
7     the club's members or their guests or families and when all
8     of the duties with respect to the operation of such
9     association, including, but not limited to, the
10     preparation of food and beverages, the service of food and
11     beverages, reception and secretarial work, and the
12     security services of the membership association are
13     performed by members of such membership association who do
14     not receive compensation of any kind from the membership
15     association or any other entity for the performance of such
16     duties;
17         (5) the burning of incense in a religious ceremony;
18         (6) smoking by a cast member as part of a performance
19     in a stage production, ballet, or similar exhibition;
20         (7) hotel and motel sleeping rooms that are rented to
21     guests and are designated as smoking rooms, except that not
22     more than 25% of the rooms rented to guests in a hotel or
23     motel may be designated as smoking rooms;
24         (8) retail tobacco stores; or
25         (9) private and semi-private rooms in nursing homes and
26     long-term care facilities that are occupied by one or more

 

 

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1     persons, all of whom are smokers, and have requested, in
2     writing, to be placed in a room where smoking is permitted.
3     (b) For purposes of this subsection, "secondary
4 free-standing facility" means a physically independent
5 building, not sharing a roof or wall with the proprietor's
6 primary facility or any other facility where smoking is
7 prohibited under this Act, that contains an enclosed area with
8 a roof or other overhead covering of any kind and walls or side
9 coverings of any kind on all sides or on all sides but one,
10 regardless of the presence of openings for ingress, egress,
11 windows, or screens.
12     The proprietor of a bar or tavern may establish a secondary
13 free-standing facility where smoking is permitted provided
14 that:
15         (1) no food or beverage is sold or served at the
16     facility;
17         (2) no one under the age of 18 is permitted in the
18     facility;
19         (3) the facility is served by an independent
20     ventilation system not serving the proprietor's primary
21     facility or any other facility where smoking is prohibited
22     under this Act;
23         (4) smoke does not enter any area of the proprietor's
24     primary facility or any other facility where smoking is
25     prohibited under this Act through entrances, windows,
26     ventilation systems or other means; and

 

 

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1         (5) the proprietor does not require an employee as a
2     condition of his or her employment to work in the secondary
3     free-standing facility.
4     (c) Beginning July 1, 2008, smoking is prohibited within 15
5 feet of any entrance of a public place.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
7     (410 ILCS 80/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8205)
8     Sec. 5. Other smoking areas. The proprietor of a
9 restaurant, bar, or tavern elected and appointed officials of
10 the State of Illinois and of any unit of local government and
11 of any school district, or their designee, having control over
12 property of the State or of a unit of local government or of a
13 school district which includes a public place, and the
14 proprietor of a structure which includes a public place may
15 establish an area on the premises as a smoking area where
16 smoking shall be permitted, unless otherwise prohibited by law
17 or ordinance, until July 1, 2008, at which time the restaurant,
18 bar, or tavern shall comply with Section 4 of this Act. When
19 establishing an area as a smoking area, a person establishing
20 such area shall utilize existing physical barriers,
21 ventilation systems, and other physical elements of the
22 premises to minimize the intrusion of smoke into areas where
23 smoking is not permitted. When a public place is a single room
24 or enclosure, a person establishing such area may satisfy the
25 purposes and provisions of this Act by establishing a

 

 

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1 reasonable portion of the room or enclosure as a smoking area.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-1018.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.