Bill Text: IL SB0042 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a county may not authorize or permit the sale of adult-use cannabis in any unincorporated territory that is within 1.5 miles of the corporate limits of a municipality that has prohibited the operation of adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations within the municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0042 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0042-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 55-25 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 705/55-25)
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| 7 | Sec. 55-25. Local ordinances. Unless otherwise provided | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | under this Act or otherwise in accordance with State law: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (1) A unit of local government, including a home rule | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | unit or any non-home rule county within the unincorporated | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | territory of the county, may enact reasonable zoning | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ordinances or resolutions, not in conflict with this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | or rules adopted pursuant to this Act, regulating cannabis | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | business establishments. No unit of local government, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | including a home rule unit or any non-home rule county | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | within the unincorporated territory of the county, may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | prohibit home cultivation or unreasonably prohibit use of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | cannabis authorized by this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (2) A unit of local government, including a home rule | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | unit or any non-home rule county within the unincorporated | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | territory of the county, may enact ordinances or rules not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | in conflict with this Act or with rules adopted pursuant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | to this Act governing the time, place, manner, and number | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | of cannabis business establishment operations, including | ||||||
| 2 | minimum distance limitations between cannabis business | ||||||
| 3 | establishments and locations it deems sensitive, including | ||||||
| 4 | colleges and universities, through the use of conditional | ||||||
| 5 | use permits. A unit of local government, including a home | ||||||
| 6 | rule unit, may establish civil penalties for violation of | ||||||
| 7 | an ordinance or rules governing the time, place, and | ||||||
| 8 | manner of operation of a cannabis business establishment | ||||||
| 9 | or a conditional use permit in the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
| 10 | unit of local government. No unit of local government, | ||||||
| 11 | including a home rule unit or non-home rule county within | ||||||
| 12 | an unincorporated territory of the county, may | ||||||
| 13 | unreasonably restrict the time, place, manner, and number | ||||||
| 14 | of cannabis business establishment operations authorized | ||||||
| 15 | by this Act. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) A unit of local government, including a home rule | ||||||
| 17 | unit, or any non-home rule county within the | ||||||
| 18 | unincorporated territory of the county may authorize or | ||||||
| 19 | permit the on-premises consumption of cannabis at or in a | ||||||
| 20 | dispensing organization or retail tobacco store (as | ||||||
| 21 | defined in Section 10 of the Smoke Free Illinois Act) | ||||||
| 22 | within its jurisdiction in a manner consistent with this | ||||||
| 23 | Act. A dispensing organization or retail tobacco store | ||||||
| 24 | authorized or permitted by a unit of local government to | ||||||
| 25 | allow on-site consumption shall not be deemed a public | ||||||
| 26 | place within the meaning of the Smoke Free Illinois Act. | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) A unit of local government, including a home rule | ||||||
| 2 | unit or any non-home rule county within the unincorporated | ||||||
| 3 | territory of the county, may not regulate the activities | ||||||
| 4 | described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) in a manner more | ||||||
| 5 | restrictive than the regulation of those activities by the | ||||||
| 6 | State under this Act. A county may not authorize or permit | ||||||
| 7 | the sale of adult-use cannabis in any unincorporated | ||||||
| 8 | territory that is within 1.5 miles of the corporate limits | ||||||
| 9 | of a municipality that has prohibited the operation of | ||||||
| 10 | adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations within the | ||||||
| 11 | municipality. This Section is a limitation under | ||||||
| 12 | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units | ||||||
| 14 | of powers and functions exercised by the State. | ||||||
| 15 | (5) A unit of local government, including a home rule | ||||||
| 16 | unit or any non-home rule county within the unincorporated | ||||||
| 17 | territory of the county, may enact ordinances to prohibit | ||||||
| 18 | or significantly limit a cannabis business establishment's | ||||||
| 19 | location.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
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