Full Text of HB5754 101st General Assembly
HB5754 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 |
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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".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 10-20.5b and 34-18.11 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.5b. Tobacco prohibition. Each school board | 8 | | shall prohibit
the use of tobacco on school property by any | 9 | | school personnel, student, or
other person when such property | 10 | | is being used for
any school purposes. The school board may
not | 11 | | authorize or permit any
exception to or exemption from the | 12 | | prohibition at any place or at any time,
including without | 13 | | limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the
| 14 | | regular school day or on days when school is not in session. | 15 | | "School purposes" include but
are not limited to
all events or | 16 | | activities or other use of school property that the school
| 17 | | board or school officials authorize or permit on school | 18 | | property, including
without limitation
all interscholastic or | 19 | | extracurricular athletic, academic, or other events
sponsored | 20 | | by the school board or in which pupils of the district
| 21 | | participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean | 22 | | a cigarette,
a cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including | 23 | | smokeless tobacco which is
any loose, cut, shredded, ground, |
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| 1 | | powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that
is intended to be | 2 | | placed in the mouth without being smoked , or an electronic | 3 | | cigarette as defined in subsection (a-9) of Section 1 of the | 4 | | Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and | 5 | | Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act .
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11)
| 8 | | Sec. 34-18.11. Tobacco prohibition. The Board of Education | 9 | | shall prohibit
the use of tobacco on school property when such | 10 | | property is being used for
any school purposes. Neither the | 11 | | board nor the local school
council may
authorize or permit any
| 12 | | exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or | 13 | | at any time,
including without limitation outside of school | 14 | | buildings or before or after the
regular school day or on days | 15 | | when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but | 16 | | are not limited to
all events or activities or other use of | 17 | | school property that the school
board or school officials | 18 | | authorize or permit on school property, including
without | 19 | | limitation all
interscholastic or extracurricular athletic, | 20 | | academic or other events
sponsored by the school board or in | 21 | | which pupils of the district
participate. For purposes of this | 22 | | Section "tobacco" shall mean a cigarette,
a cigar, or tobacco | 23 | | in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is
any | 24 | | loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf | 25 | | tobacco that
is intended to be placed in the mouth without |
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| 1 | | being smoked , or an electronic cigarette as defined in | 2 | | subsection (a-9) of Section 1 of the Prevention of Tobacco Use | 3 | | by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of | 4 | | Tobacco Products Act .
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)
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