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92_HB0784

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to tobacco.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Sale of Tobacco to Minors Act is  amended
 5    by  changing  Sections 1 and 2 and adding Sections 0.05, 1.1,
 6    1.2, and 1.3 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 675/0.05 new)
 8        Sec. 0.05.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        "Retailer" means a person who sells tobacco  products  to
10    individuals  for  personal  consumption  or  who  operates  a
11    facility  containing  vending  machines that dispense tobacco
12    products or self-service displays of tobacco products.
13        "Tobacco product" means any substance containing  tobacco
14    leaf, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, snuff,
15    smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco.
16        "Person"  means  an  individual, firm, partnership, joint
17    venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, trustee, or
18    other group or combination  acting  as  a  unit,  except  the
19    United  States  of  America,  the  State  of Illinois, or any
20    political subdivision thereof.
21        "Tobacco  product  sample"  means   a   tobacco   product
22    distributed to members of the general public at no cost or at
23    nominal cost for purposes of promoting the product.
24        "Vending  machine"  means  a  mechanical,  electronic, or
25    self-service device that, upon insertion of money, tokens, or
26    any other form of payment,  automatically  dispenses  tobacco
27    products.
28        "Distribute"  means  to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or
29    issue or offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue, or
30    cause or hire any person to give,  sell,  deliver,  dispense,
31    issue, or offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue.
 
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 1        "Public  place"  means  any  area  to which the public is
 2    invited or permitted.
 3        "Tavern" means an enclosed place of business kept,  used,
 4    maintained,  advertised, or held out to the public as a place
 5    that primarily serves alcoholic liquor for consumption on the
 6    premises and in which providing entertainment or the  serving
 7    of  food  is  only  incidental  or  secondary  to the sale of
 8    alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption.  "Tavern" does
 9    not include  a  restaurant,  catering  hall,  bowling  alley,
10    billiard parlor, discotheque, theater, or arena.
11        "Photographic identification" means any officially issued
12    card  containing  the  bearer's date of birth that includes a
13    photograph of a person that is accepted as proof of age under
14    Illinois law.
15        "Point of sale" means a  store,  stand,  building,  boat,
16    vending  machine,  or  any  other  separate place of business
17    maintained by a seller from which tobacco products  are  made
18    available  for  distribution  to  consumers.  "Point of sale"
19    does not include separate cash registers or service  counters
20    within a store or other place of business.
21        "Licensee"  means  a  person  who holds a tobacco product
22    retailer's license under this Act.

23        (720 ILCS 675/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2357)
24        Sec. 1.  No minor under 18 years of  age  shall  buy  any
25    cigar,  cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its
26    forms. No retailer person shall  sell,  buy  for,  distribute
27    samples of or furnish any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco
28    or tobacco product in any of its forms, to any minor under 18
29    years of age.
30        For  the  purpose  of  this  Section, "smokeless tobacco"
31    means any tobacco products that are suitable for  dipping  or
32    chewing.
33        Tobacco  products  listed  above  may  be  sold through a
 
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 1    vending machine only in the following locations:
 2             (1)  Factories, businesses, offices, private  clubs,
 3        and other places not open to the general public.
 4             (2)  Places  to  which  minors under 18 years of age
 5        are not permitted access.
 6             (3)  Taverns, if the vending machine is at least  25
 7        feet  from  any entrance Places where alcoholic beverages
 8        are sold and consumed on the premises.
 9             (4)  Places where the vending machine is  under  the
10        direct  supervision  of the owner of the establishment or
11        an employee over 18 years of age.  The  sale  of  tobacco
12        products  from a vending machine under direct supervision
13        of the owner or  an  employee  of  the  establishment  is
14        considered a sale of tobacco products by that person.  As
15        used in this subdivision, "direct supervision" means that
16        the  owner  or employee has an unimpeded line of sight to
17        the vending machine.
18             (5)  Places where the vending machine  can  only  be
19        operated  by  the owner or an employee over age 18 either
20        directly or through a remote control device if the device
21        is inaccessible to all customers.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

23        (720 ILCS 675/1.1 new)
24        Sec.  1.1.   Prohibitions  on  distribution  of   tobacco
25    products.
26        (a)   Each   retailer   shall  request  and  examine  the
27    photographic identification of any person purchasing  tobacco
28    products  to  verify  that  the purchaser is over 18 years of
29    age.  No such verification is required  for  any  person  who
30    appears without reasonable doubt to be over 27 years of age.
31        (b)   No retailer may break or otherwise open a cigarette
32    or  smokeless  tobacco  package  to   distribute   individual
33    cigarettes  or  a  number  of  unpackaged  cigarettes that is
 
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 1    smaller  than  the  minimum  cigarette  package  size  of  20
 2    cigarettes or any quantity of cigarette tobacco or  smokeless
 3    tobacco that is smaller than the smallest package distributed
 4    by the manufacturer for individual consumer use.
 5        (c)    No  person  shall  give  away,  barter,  exchange,
 6    distribute or in any  way  dispense  free  of  charge  or  at
 7    nominal  cost  any  tobacco  product  samples  or  any coupon
 8    redeemable for any tobacco products (i) on any public street,
 9    alley,  sidewalk;  (ii)  in  any  public  park,  ground,   or
10    playground;  (iii)  in  any  area  open  to the public in any
11    publicly owned or operated building; or  (iv)  at  any  place
12    located  within  500  feet  of any building or other location
13    used primarily as a school, child care facility, or  for  the
14    education or recreation of children under 18 years of age.
15        (d)  No retailer shall distribute tobacco products at any
16    place  located  within  500  feet  of  any  building or other
17    location used primarily as a school, child care facility,  or
18    for the education or recreation of children under 18 years of
19    age.   This  prohibition  shall  not  apply  to  any business
20    engaged in  the  retail  sale  of  tobacco  products  from  a
21    location  from  which  it was selling tobacco products on the
22    effective date of this Act. This exemption shall apply to any
23    new owner at the same location providing the same service.

24        (720 ILCS 675/1.2 new)
25        Sec. 1.2.  Vending machine signs.
26        (a)  A retailer  of  tobacco  products  shall  place  and
27    maintain,  in  legible  condition,  at  each point of sale of
28    tobacco products to consumers, including the  front  of  each
29    vending machine, a sign stating:
30                              "WARNING
31        It  is  a  violation  of  the law for cigarettes or other
32    tobacco products to be sold to any person under the age of 18
33    years."
 
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 1        The sign shall not be less than 8 inches by 11 inches  in
 2    size,  except  for  a  sign  placed on the front of a vending
 3    machine.  The sign for a vending machine shall  not  be  less
 4    than  4  inches  by  4  inches in size.  The text of the sign
 5    shall be in red letters at least one inch  high  on  a  white
 6    background.
 7        (b)   The  Department  of  Public  Health  shall issue an
 8    adhesive self-voiding license emblem to  be  placed  on  each
 9    licensed  tobacco  product  vending  machine.   Each  license
10    emblem  shall  be  coded  to  identify  the  retailer who has
11    control over  each  tobacco  product  vending  machine.   The
12    license emblem shall bear the words "Licensed Tobacco Product
13    Vending  Machine". The license shall designate the period for
14    which the license is valid, shall contain a  reproduction  of
15    the State seal, shall contain a space for a brief description
16    of  the  name,  style,  and  type  of  vending  machine to be
17    licensed  and  the  location  of  the  vending   machine.   A
18    replacement  license  emblem  will  not  be issued unless the
19    application for the replacement emblem is  accompanied  by  a
20    police  report  of  the  incident  in  which the emblem to be
21    replaced  was  lost,  stolen,  or  mutilated  or  unless  the
22    remnants of the emblem being replaced are submitted with  the
23    replacement application.

24        (720 ILCS 675/1.3 new)
25        Sec. 1.3. Licensing of tobacco product retailers.
26        (a)  Beginning  July  1,  2002, no person shall engage in
27    the retail sale of tobacco products  or  operate  a  facility
28    containing  vending  machines  that dispense tobacco products
29    unless the person is authorized to do so by a license  issued
30    pursuant  to  this Act or is an employee or agent of a person
31    who has been issued  a  license  pursuant  to  this  Act.   A
32    separate  license  must  be  obtained  for each point of sale
33    maintained  by  the  retailer.  A  license  to  sell  tobacco
 
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 1    products shall be displayed prominently at the point of  sale
 2    for which it is issued.
 3        (b)  The Department of Public Health shall administer the
 4    licensing  of retailers of tobacco products and shall approve
 5    or deny all applications for  licenses  and  revoke  existing
 6    licenses pursuant to this Act.
 7        (c)  An  application  for  a  tobacco  retailer's license
 8    shall be filed in  writing  with  the  Department  of  Public
 9    Health   on   a   form  provided  by  the  Department.   Each
10    application for a license shall contain the following:
11             (1)  the applicant's  full  name,  the  address  and
12        telephone  number  where  the applicant is engaged in the
13        business of the retail sale of tobacco products, and  the
14        name,   address,   and   telephone  number  of  a  person
15        authorized to receive notices  issued  pursuant  to  this
16        Act;
17             (2)  if   the   applicant   is  a  corporation,  the
18        corporate name, the address and telephone number  of  its
19        principal  place  of  business,  the  date  and  state of
20        incorporation, the names of the corporate  officers,  and
21        the  name,  address,  and  telephone  number  of a person
22        authorized to receive notices  issued  pursuant  to  this
23        Act;
24             (3)  if  the  applicant  is a partnership, the name,
25        address, and telephone number of the principal  place  of
26        business,  the  names  of  all  partners,  and  the name,
27        address, and telephone number of a person  authorized  to
28        receive notices issued pursuant to this Act. Any retailer
29        whose  license is revoked for violating this Act shall be
30        prohibited from obtaining a  tobacco  retailer's  license
31        for one year.
32        (d)  Every  retailer's  license  shall  be  issued for an
33    annual period beginning January 1 of a given year and  ending
34    December  31  of that year.  Each license shall expire on the
 
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 1    last day of the  license  year  for  which  the  license  was
 2    issued.
 3        (e)  The  annual license fee for a retailer shall be $125
 4    per license.  If a licensee operates more  than  one  vending
 5    machine  at  the  same  premises,  the licensee shall pay the
 6    annual license fee of $125  for  the  first  vending  machine
 7    license and $25 for each additional vending machine license.
 8        (f)  The  transfer of any license issued pursuant to this
 9    Act is prohibited. Any such purported transfer is void.

10        (720 ILCS 675/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2358)
11        Sec. 2.  Any retailer person who violates  any  provision
12    of  this  Act  is guilty of a petty offense and for the first
13    offense  shall  be  fined  $250  $200,  $500  and  a  30  day
14    suspension of that retailer's license  $400  for  the  second
15    offense  in  a  12-month  period,  and  $1,000 and a one year
16    suspension of that retailer's license $600 for the  third  or
17    any subsequent offense in a 12-month period. One-half of each
18    fine collected under this Section shall be distributed to the
19    unit  of  local  government or other entity that successfully
20    prosecuted the offender and one-half shall be remitted to the
21    State to be used for enforcing this Act. Any person who sells
22    tobacco products without a license as required by this Act or
23    after a suspension of a  license  pursuant  to  this  Act  is
24    guilty  of  a  petty  offense  and  shall be fined $500. Each
25    instance in which a person sells tobacco products  without  a
26    valid  license  shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct
27    violation.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-418.)

29        Section 95. Severability.  The provisions of this Act are
30    severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

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