104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3695

 

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-12024 new

    Amends the Zoning Division of the Counties Code. Provides that a county may adopt an ordinance to regulate the location of retail tobacco stores in unincorporated areas near vulnerable areas, including schools, day care centers, and hospitals. Provides that a county may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect of prohibiting retail tobacco store in unincorporated areas.


LRB104 11118 RTM 21200 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3695LRB104 11118 RTM 21200 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
55-12024 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-12024 new)
7    Sec. 5-12024. Restrictions on retail tobacco store
8locations.
9    (a) A county may adopt an ordinance to regulate the
10location of retail tobacco stores, as defined in Section 10 of
11the Smoke Free Illinois Act, in unincorporated areas near
12vulnerable areas, including schools, day care centers, and
13hospitals.
14    (b) A county may not adopt an ordinance that has the effect
15of prohibiting retail tobacco stores, as defined in Section 10
16of the Smoke Free Illinois Act, in unincorporated areas.