Bill Text: IL HB5209 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Cigarette Tax Act. In provisions concerning the sale of individual or loose cigarettes, provides that penalties are imposed on the owner of a business that employs a person who, in the course of his or her employment with that business, violates those provisions (currently, the penalties are imposed on the person who violates the provisions).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5209 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5209-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5209 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 130/18d
Amends the Cigarette Tax Act. In provisions concerning the sale of individual or loose cigarettes, provides that penalties are imposed on the owner of a business that employs a person who, in the course of his or her employment with that business, violates those provisions (currently, the penalties are imposed on the person who violates the provisions).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Cigarette Tax Act is amended by changing
Section 18d as follows:
(35 ILCS 130/18d)
Sec. 18d. Cigarette package sizes; sale of individual or
loose cigarettes prohibited. Cigarettes may only be sold in
packages of 20 or 25 cigarettes. The sale of individual or
loose cigarettes is prohibited. Any owner of a business that
employs a person who, in the course of his or her employment
with that business, violates this Section of the Act is liable
to pay to the Department, for deposit in the Tax Compliance and
Administration Fund, a penalty of $1,000 for the first
violation and $3,000 for any subsequent violation. Any person
who violates this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The Department may adopt rules to administer the penalties
under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-940, eff. 8-17-18.)