Bill Text: IL SB1950 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Cigarette Tax Act and the Cigarette Use Tax Act. Provides that a licensed retailer or an agent or employee of a licensed retailer is guilty of a Class 4 felony for knowingly violating provisions concerning the sale of loose cigarettes (currently, any person who violates those provisions is guilty of a Class 4 felony).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1950 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1950-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Cigarette Tax Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 18d as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 130/18d) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 18d. Cigarette package sizes; sale of individual or | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | loose cigarettes prohibited. Cigarettes may only be sold in | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | packages of 20 or 25 cigarettes. The sale of individual or | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | loose cigarettes is prohibited. Any person who violates this | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Section of the Act is liable to pay to the Department, for | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | deposit in the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund, a | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | penalty of $1,000 for the first violation and $3,000 for any | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | subsequent violation. Any person who violates this Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | General Assembly shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. A | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | retailer licensed under this Act who knowingly violates this | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Section on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | of the 103rd General Assembly, or a licensed retailer's agent | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | or employee who knowingly violates this Section on or after | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Assembly, commits a Class 4 felony. The Department may adopt | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | rules to administer the penalties under this Section.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-940, eff. 8-17-18.)
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2 | Section 10. The Cigarette Use Tax Act is amended by | ||||||
3 | changing Section 25c as follows:
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4 | (35 ILCS 135/25c) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 25c. Cigarette package sizes; sale of individual or | ||||||
6 | loose cigarettes prohibited. Cigarettes may only be sold in | ||||||
7 | packages of 20 or 25 cigarettes. The sale of individual or | ||||||
8 | loose cigarettes is prohibited. Any person who violates this | ||||||
9 | Section is liable to pay to the Department, for deposit in the | ||||||
10 | Tax Compliance and Administration Fund, a penalty of $1,000 | ||||||
11 | for the first violation and $3,000 for any subsequent | ||||||
12 | violation. Any person who violates this Section before the | ||||||
13 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
14 | Assembly shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. A retailer | ||||||
15 | licensed under this Act who knowingly violates this Section on | ||||||
16 | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||||||
17 | General Assembly, or a licensed retailer's agent or employee | ||||||
18 | who knowingly violates this Section on or after the effective | ||||||
19 | date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, | ||||||
20 | commits a Class 4 felony. This Section shall not apply if the | ||||||
21 | violation in a particular case also constitutes a violation of | ||||||
22 | the Cigarette Tax Act.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 100-940, eff. 8-17-18.)
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