Public Act 098-0979
 
HB3961 EnrolledLRB098 15520 ZMM 50550 b



    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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



 
    Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 2202 of the 98th 
General Assembly, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, becomes 
law, then "An Act concerning higher education" (Senate Bill 
2202 of the 98th General Assembly) is amended by changing 
Section 15 as follows:
 
    (S.B. 2202 98th G.A., Sec. 15)

    Sec. 15. Prohibitions on smoking.

    (a) Beginning on July 1, 2015, smoking is prohibited on 
each campus of a State-supported institution of higher 
education. The prohibition set forth in this subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any instance in which an individual is 
traveling through or parked on a campus in a vehicle that is 
not owned by a State-supported institution of higher education.
    (b) An individual or campus subject to the smoking 
prohibitions of this Act may not discriminate or retaliate in 
any manner against a person for making a complaint of a 
violation of this Act or furnishing information concerning a 
violation to a person, campus, or governing authority.
    (c) The prohibitions on smoking in this Act must be 
communicated to all students and employees of State-supported 
institutions of higher education on or before May 1, 2015 and 
to each guest of a State-supported institution of higher 
education upon request.
    (d) Each State-supported institution of higher education 
shall create and post on its Internet website a smoke-free 
campus map indicating the locations where smoking is prohibited 
under this Act.

(Source: 09800SB2202ham001.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 2202 of the 98th 
General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.


Effective Date:  8/18/2014