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


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


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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-20.5b and 34-18.11 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.5b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.5b)
7 Sec. 10-20.5b. Tobacco prohibition. Each school board
8shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at
9school bus stops by any school personnel, student, or other
10person when such property is being used for any school
11purposes. The school board may not authorize or permit any
12exception to or exemption from the prohibition at any place or
13at any time, including without limitation outside of school
14buildings or before or after the regular school day or on days
15when school is not in session. "School purposes" include but
16are not limited to all events or activities or other use of
17school property that the school board or school officials
18authorize or permit on school property, including without
19limitation all interscholastic or extracurricular athletic,
20academic, or other events sponsored by the school board or in
21which pupils of the district participate. For purposes of this
22Section "tobacco" shall mean cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in
23any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose,

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1cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco
2that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being
3smoked.
4(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.11)
6 Sec. 34-18.11. Tobacco prohibition. The Board of Education
7shall prohibit the use of tobacco on school property and at
8school bus stops when such property is being used for any
9school purposes. Neither the board nor the local school council
10may authorize or permit any exception to or exemption from the
11prohibition at any place or at any time, including without
12limitation outside of school buildings or before or after the
13regular school day or on days when school is not in session.
14"School purposes" include but are not limited to all events or
15activities or other use of school property that the school
16board or school officials authorize or permit on school
17property, including without limitation all interscholastic or
18extracurricular athletic, academic or other events sponsored
19by the school board or in which pupils of the district
20participate. For purposes of this Section "tobacco" shall mean
21cigarette, cigar, or tobacco in any other form, including
22smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground,
23powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be
24placed in the mouth without being smoked.
25(Source: P.A. 89-181, eff. 7-19-95.)

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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.
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