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90_SB0219

      New Act
          Creates the Limitation on Distributing  Tobacco  Products
      Act.  Prohibits the sale of cigarettes in a pack of less than
      20.   Prohibits  the  distribution  of  free tobacco samples.
      Provides that a person who violates this Act is guilty  of  a
      petty offense.
                                                     LRB9002124NTsb
                                               LRB9002124NTsb
 1        AN ACT concerning criminal offenses.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Limitation on Distributing Tobacco Products Act.
 6        Section 5.  Sales of cigarettes in a pack of less than 20
 7    prohibited.   No  person  shall  sell cigarettes in a pack of
 8    less than 20 cigarettes to any other person.
 9        Section  10.  Distribution  of   free   tobacco   samples
10    prohibited.   No  person  shall  distribute  or  cause  to be
11    distributed without charge samples of tobacco in any  of  its
12    forms to any other person.
13        Section 15.  Penalties.
14        (a)  A  person  who  violates  Section  5  of this Act is
15    guilty of a petty offense with a fine not to exceed $50 for a
16    first offense and a fine not to exceed $250 for a  second  or
17    subsequent offense.
18        (b)  A  person  who  violates  Section  10 of this Act is
19    guilty of a petty offense.

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