Bill Text: IL SB0534 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly and the purpose of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0534 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0534-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0534 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 167/5
Amends the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly and the purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow
Enforcement Act of 2003 is amended by changing Section 5 as
follows:
(30 ILCS 167/5)
Sec. 5. Findings; purpose. The The General Assembly finds
that violations of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow
Act threaten the integrity of the tobacco Master Settlement
Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the State, and the public
health. The General Assembly finds that enacting procedural
enhancements will help prevent violations and aid the
enforcement of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act
and thereby safeguard the Master Settlement Agreement, the
fiscal soundness of the State, and the public health. The
provisions of this Act are not intended to and shall not be
interpreted to amend the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow
Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-446, eff. 1-1-04.)