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92_HB0784 LRB9207386ARsb 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. -2- LRB9207386ARsb 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 retailerpersonshall sell, buy for, distribute 27 samples of or furnish anycigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco28ortobacco productin 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 productslisted abovemay be sold through a -3- LRB9207386ARsb 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 entrancePlaces where alcoholic beverages8are 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 -4- LRB9207386ARsb 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." -5- LRB9207386ARsb 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 -6- LRB9207386ARsb 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 -7- LRB9207386ARsb 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 retailerpersonwho 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$400for the second 15 offense in a 12-month period, and $1,000 and a one year 16 suspension of that retailer's license$600for 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.