HB4184 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4184

Introduced , by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

235 ILCS 5/4-4	from Ch. 43, par. 112
410 ILCS 82/35

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934 and the Smoke Free Illinois Act to exempt certain eligible establishments that have obtained a license to allow smoking on the premises from the local liquor control commission. Provides that local liquor control commissions have the power to issue a smoking license to eligible establishments as defined in the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Provides that an eligible establishment must be able to document that (i) it has disclosed to all employees that if a smoking license is granted to the establishment, smoking will be permitted on the premises and (ii) all employees have acknowledged receiving the disclosure. Also provides that an eligible establishment must post prominent signage notifying the public that the establishment has been designated as a smoking establishment and that if the eligible establishment has a liquor license, it must be in compliance with all of the terms of the liquor license in order to receive a license to allow smoking on the premises. Effective January 1, 2009.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

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

Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by changing Section 4-4 as follows:

(235 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 112)

Sec. 4-4. Each local liquor control commissioner shall also have the following powers, functions and duties with respect to licenses, other than licenses to manufacturers, importing distributors, distributors, foreign importers, non-resident dealers, non-beverage users, brokers, railroads, airplanes and boats.

1. To grant and or suspend for not more than thirty days or revoke for cause all local licenses issued to persons for premises within his jurisdiction;

2. To enter or to authorize any law enforcing officer to enter at any time upon any premises licensed hereunder to determine whether any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations adopted by him or by the State Commission have been or are being violated, and at such time to examine said premises of said licensee in connection therewith;

3. To notify the Secretary of State where a club incorporated under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act of 1986 or a foreign corporation functioning as a club in this State under a certificate of authority issued under that Act has violated this Act by selling or offering for sale at retail alcoholic liquors without a retailer's license;

4. To receive complaint from any citizen within his jurisdiction that any of the provisions of this Act, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant hereto, have been or are being violated and to act upon such complaints in the manner hereinafter provided;

5. To receive local license fees and pay the same forthwith to the city, village, town or county treasurer as the case may be; .

6. To issue a smoking license to eligible establishments as defined in the Smoke Free Illinois Act.

Each local liquor commissioner also has the duty to notify the Secretary of State of any convictions or dispositions of court supervision for a violation of Section 6-20 of this Act or a similar provision of a local ordinance.

In counties and municipalities, the local liquor control commissioners shall also have the power to levy fines in accordance with Section 7-5 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 95-166, eff. 1-1-08.)

Section 10. The Smoke Free Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

(410 ILCS 82/35)

Sec. 35. Exemptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, smoking is allowed in the following areas:

(1) Private residences or dwelling places, except when used as a child care, adult day care, or healthcare facility or any other home-based business open to the public.

(2) Retail tobacco stores as defined in Section 10 of this Act in operation prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The retail tobacco store shall annually file with the Department by January 31st an affidavit stating the percentage of its gross income during the prior calendar year that was derived from the sale of loose tobacco, plants, or herbs and cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or other smoking devices for smoking tobacco and related smoking accessories. Any retail tobacco store that begins operation after the effective date of this amendatory Act may only qualify for an exemption if located in a freestanding structure occupied solely by the business and smoke from the business does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.

(3) Private and semi-private rooms in nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are occupied by one or more persons, all of whom are smokers and have requested in writing to be placed or to remain in a room where smoking is permitted and the smoke shall not infiltrate other areas of the nursing home.

(4) Hotel and motel sleeping rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking rooms, provided that all smoking rooms on the same floor must be contiguous and smoke from these rooms must not infiltrate into nonsmoking rooms or other areas where smoking is prohibited. Not more than 25% of the rooms rented to guests in a hotel or motel may be designated as rooms where smoking is allowed. The status of rooms as smoking or nonsmoking may not be changed, except to permanently add additional nonsmoking rooms.

(5) That portion of a riverboat where gambling operations are conducted pursuant to the Riverboat Gambling Act. The exemption under this item (5) applies to each individual riverboat for 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly or until the state, other than Illinois, closest in proximity to that individual riverboat, as determined by the Illinois Gaming Board, bans smoking by law in similar facilities, whichever occurs first.

(6) Any eligible establishment that has obtained a license to allow smoking on the premises from the local liquor control commission. An eligible establishment includes all of the following:

(A) any bar that can provide written documentation that less than 10% of its total revenue comes from the sale of food;

(B) any venue where gambling operations are conducted pursuant to the Riverboat Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975;

(C) any venue for adult entertainment where a person must be at least 18 years old to enter;

(D) a private club that can provide documentation that three-fifths of its active members approve of smoking on the club's premises; or

(E) any establishment hosting a convention or exposition for the specific purpose of exhibiting or selling cigars, pipes, tobacco, and related smoking devices or accessories.

An eligible establishment must be able to document that (i) it has disclosed to all employees that if a smoking license is granted to the establishment, smoking will be permitted on the premises and (ii) all employees have acknowledged receiving the disclosure.

An eligible establishment must post prominent signage notifying the public that the establishment has been designated as a smoking establishment. If the eligible establishment has a liquor license, it must be in compliance with all of the terms of the liquor license in order to receive a license to allow smoking on the premises.

(Source: P.A. 95-17, eff. 1-1-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2009.