Rep. Michael G. Connelly

Filed: 5/24/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2945

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2945 on page 1,
3immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
 
4    "Section 3. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Sections 40 and 65 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 82/40)
7    Sec. 40. Enforcement; complaints.
8    (a) The Department, State-certified local public health
9departments, and local law enforcement agencies shall enforce
10the provisions of this Act through the issuance of citations
11and may assess fines pursuant to Section 45 of this Act, except
12that in a home rule municipality that has a local public health
13department, this Act shall be enforced exclusively by the
14municipality's local public health department or police
15department or both.
16    (a-2) The citations issued pursuant to this Act shall

 

 

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1conspicuously include the following:
2        (1) the name of the offense and its statutory
3    reference;
4        (2) the nature and elements of the violation;
5        (3) the date and location of the violation;
6        (4) the name of the enforcing agency;
7        (5) the name of the violator;
8        (6) the amount of the imposed fine and the location
9    where the violator can pay the fine without objection;
10        (7) the address and phone number of the enforcing
11    agency where the violator can request a hearing before the
12    Department to contest the imposition of the fine imposed by
13    the citation under the rules and procedures of the
14    Administrative Procedure Act;
15        (8) the time period in which to pay the fine or to
16    request a hearing to contest the imposition of the fine
17    imposed by the citation; and
18        (9) the verified signature of the person issuing the
19    citation.
20    (a-3) One copy of the citation shall be provided to the
21violator, one copy shall be retained by the enforcing agency,
22and one copy shall be provided to the entity otherwise
23authorized by the enforcing agency to receive fines on their
24behalf.
25    (b) Any person may register a complaint with the
26Department, a State-certified local public health department,

 

 

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1or a local law enforcement agency for a violation of this Act.
2The Department shall establish a telephone number that a person
3may call to register a complaint under this subsection (b).
4    (c) The Department shall afford a violator the opportunity
5to pay the fine without objection or to contest the citation in
6accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
7except that in case of a conflict between the Illinois
8Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of
9this Act shall control.
10    (d) Upon receipt of a request for hearing to contest the
11imposition of a fine imposed by a citation, the enforcing
12agency shall immediately forward a copy of the citation and
13notice of the request for hearing to the Department for
14initiation of a hearing conducted in accordance with the
15Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the rules
16established thereto by the Department applicable to contested
17cases, except that in case of a conflict between the Illinois
18Administrative Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of
19this Act shall control. Parties to the hearing shall be the
20enforcing agency and the violator.
21    The Department shall notify the violator in writing of the
22time, place, and location of the hearing. The hearing shall be
23conducted at the nearest regional office of the Department, or
24in a location contracted by the Department in the county where
25the citation was issued.
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1accordance with all methods otherwise available to the
2enforcing agency or the Department, except that there shall be
3no collection efforts during the pendency of the hearing before
4the Department.
5    (f) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
6of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
7rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
8Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
9procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any
10purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
11unauthorized.
12(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08; 95-1029, eff. 2-4-09.)
 
13    (410 ILCS 82/65)
14    Sec. 65. Home rule and other local regulation.
15    (a) Any home rule unit of local government, any non-home
16rule municipality, or any non-home rule county within the
17unincorporated territory of the county may regulate smoking in
18public places, but that regulation must be no less restrictive
19than this Act. This subsection (a) is a limitation on the
20concurrent exercise of home rule power under subsection (i) of
21Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
22    (b) In addition to any regulation authorized under
23subsection (a) or authorized under home rule powers, any home
24rule unit of local government, any non-home rule municipality,
25or any non-home rule county within the unincorporated territory

 

 

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1of the county may regulate smoking in any enclosed indoor area
2used by the public or serving as a place of work if the area
3does not fall within the definition of a "public place" under
4this Act.
5    (c) A home rule municipality that has a local public health
6department shall have exclusive authority to enforce this Act
7through the municipality's local public health department or
8police department or both.
9(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08.)".