Bill Text: IL HB1213 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit the use of tobacco at school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other person when such property is being used for any school purposes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1213 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1213-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1213 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b
105 ILCS 5/34-18.11 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit the use of tobacco at school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other person when such property is being used for any school purposes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
10-20.5b and 34-18.11 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b)
Sec. 10-20.5b. Tobacco prohibition. Each school board
shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at
school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other
person when such property is being used for any school
purposes. The school board may not authorize or permit any
exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or
at any time, including without limitation outside of school
buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days
when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but
are not limited to all events or activities or other use of
school property that the school board or school officials
authorize or permit on school property, including without
limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic,
academic, or other events sponsored by the school board or in
which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this
Section "tobacco" shall mean cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in
any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose,

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cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco
that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being
smoked.
(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11)
Sec. 34-18.11. Tobacco prohibition. The Board of Education
shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at
school bus stops when such property is being used for any
school purposes. Neither the board nor the local school council
may authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the
prohibition at any place or at any time, including without
limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the
regular school day or on days when school is not in session.
"School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or
activities or other use of school property that the school
board or school officials authorize or permit on school
property, including without limitation all interscholastic or
extracurricular athletic, academic or other events sponsored
by the school board or in which pupils of the district
participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean
cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including
smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground,
powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be
placed in the mouth without being smoked.
(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.