Bill Text: IL SB2915 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services to report to the Department of Public Health's health care worker registry the identity and finding of each employee of a facility or agency against whom there is a final investigative report containing a substantiated allegation of physical or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, or egregious neglect of an individual (rather than physical or sexual abuse or egregious neglect of an individual). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1163 [SB2915 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2915-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 098-1163 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow | ||||
Enforcement Act of 2003 is amended by changing Section 25 as | ||||
follows:
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(30 ILCS 167/25)
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Sec. 25. Reporting of information; escrow installments.
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(a) Not later than 20 days after the end of each calendar | ||||
quarter, and more
frequently if so
directed by the Attorney | ||||
General, each distributor shall submit the information
as the | ||||
Attorney
General requires to facilitate compliance with this | ||||
Act, including, but not
limited to, a list by
brand family of | ||||
the total number of cigarettes or in the case of roll-your-own,
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the equivalent stick
count for which the distributor affixed | ||||
stamps during the previous calendar
quarter or otherwise
paid | ||||
the tax due for these cigarettes. The distributor shall | ||||
maintain, and make
available to the
Attorney General, all | ||||
invoices and documentation of sales of all
non-participating | ||||
manufacturer
cigarettes and any other information relied upon | ||||
in reporting to the Attorney
General for a period of 5 years.
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(b) The Attorney General is authorized to disclose to the | ||||
Director any
information received
under this Act for purposes |
of
determining compliance with
and enforcing the provisions of | ||
this Act. The Director and Attorney General
shall share with | ||
each
other the information received under this Act, and may | ||
share the information
with other federal,
State, or local | ||
agencies only for purposes of enforcement of this Act, the
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Escrow Act, or corresponding laws of other states. The Director | ||
and Attorney General
shall also share with each
other the | ||
information received under the Cigarette Tax Act, the Cigarette | ||
Use Tax Act, the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995, the | ||
Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and the | ||
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act for the purposes of enforcement | ||
of this Act and the
Escrow Act.
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(c) The Attorney General may require at any time, from the | ||
non-participating
manufacturer,
proof from the financial | ||
institution in which the manufacturer has established
a | ||
qualified escrow
fund for the purpose of compliance with the | ||
Escrow Act of the amount of money
in the fund being
held on | ||
behalf of the State and the dates of deposits, and listing the | ||
amounts
of all withdrawals from the fund and the dates thereof.
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(d) In addition to the information required to be submitted | ||
pursuant to this
Act, the
Attorney General may require a | ||
distributor or tobacco product manufacturer to
submit any
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additional information including, but not limited to, samples | ||
of the packaging
or labeling of each
brand family, as is | ||
necessary to enable the Attorney General to determine
whether a | ||
tobacco
product manufacturer is in compliance with this Act.
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(e) To promote compliance with the provisions of this Act, | ||
the Attorney
General may
promulgate regulations requiring a | ||
tobacco product manufacturer subject to the
requirements of
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subsection (a)(2) of Section 15 to make the escrow deposits | ||
required in
quarterly installments
during the year in which the | ||
sales covered by the deposits are made. The
Attorney General | ||
may
require production of information sufficient to enable the | ||
Attorney General to
determine the adequacy of the amount of the | ||
installment deposit.
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(Source: P.A. 93-446, eff. 1-1-04; 94-575, eff. 8-12-05.)
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Section 10. The Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation | ||
Tax Act is amended by changing Section 1-30 as follows:
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(35 ILCS 128/1-30)
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Sec. 1-30. Cigarette tubes used in cigarette machines. | ||
(a) All cigarette tubes used in cigarette machines in the | ||
possession of cigarette machine operators licensed under | ||
Section 1-15 of this Act shall be constructed of paper of a | ||
type determined by the Attorney General, pursuant to rules | ||
promulgated by the Attorney General under the provisions of the | ||
Administrative Procedure Act, to reduce the likely ignition | ||
propensity of cigarettes made by those tubes. | ||
(b) A cigarette machine operator is not required to comply | ||
with subsection (a) of this Section until the Attorney General | ||
has promulgated rules implementing subsection (a) and the rules |
have become effective. The effective date for such rules shall | ||
be no earlier than 6 months after the date on which an | ||
appropriate nationally recognized standard is developed for | ||
the reduced ignition propensity of cigarette tubes January 1, | ||
2014 .
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(Source: P.A. 97-688, eff. 6-14-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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