[ Search ] [ Legislation ] [ Bill Summary ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ Introduced ] | [ House Amendment 001 ] |
90_HB0207eng
65 ILCS 5/11-20-3.1 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a
municipality may provide for the regulation, licensing, and
inspection of any retail business or establishment selling
cigarettes or other tobacco products, may determine the
number of licenses, and may determine the location for sales.
LRB9000662MWpc
HB0207 Engrossed LRB9000662MWpc
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by adding
2 Section 11-20-3.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 adding Section 11-20-3.1 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/11-20-3.1 new)
8 Sec. 11-20-3.1. Regulation of tobacco vendors. The
9 corporate authorities of a municipality may provide for the
10 regulation, licensing, and inspection of any retail business
11 or establishment that is engaged in the selling of cigarettes
12 or other tobacco products. The corporate authorities of a
13 municipality shall have the power by general ordinance to
14 determine the location for the sale of cigarettes or other
15 tobacco products. However, any business or establishment
16 that has been engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes or
17 other tobacco products for the 30 days immediately preceding
18 the effective date of a licensing ordinance adopted under
19 this Section shall, upon application, be issued a license,
20 which shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of the
21 licensing ordinance, regardless of any limitation on the
22 number of licenses adopted by the corporate authorities of
23 the municipality. The municipality shall not grant a new
24 license to a business or establishment to engage in the
25 retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products for as
26 long as the number of outstanding licenses exceeds any
27 limitation on the number of licenses that the municipality
28 has adopted.