HEALTH-TECH Senate SponsorsSen. Terry Link 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die 410 ILCS 80/3from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8203Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to:410 ILCS 80/1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8201410 ILCS 80/2from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8202410 ILCS 80/4from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8204410 ILCS 80/5from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8205410 ILCS 80/6from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8206410 ILCS 80/7from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8207410 ILCS 80/8from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8208410 ILCS 80/9from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8209410 ILCS 80/10from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8210410 ILCS 80/11from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8211Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Includes bars, taverns, and bowling alleys in the definition of "public place" and excludes retail tobacco stores from the definition of "public place". Defines "bar", "tavern", and "retail tobacco store". Provides that the prohibition against smoking in public places does not apply to entities licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act, lodges or private clubs, or retail tobacco stores. Provides that the proprietor of a restaurant, bar, or tavern (now, the elected and appointed officials of the State of Illinois and of any unit of local government and of any school district, or their designee, having control over property of the State or of a unit of local government or of a school district that includes a public place and the proprietor of a structure that includes a public place) may establish a smoking area on the premises until 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, at which time the restaurant, bar, or tavern must otherwise comply with the Act. Provides that any public place may have a smoking area if it is equipped with devices to render the concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter in the non-smoking area equivalent to the concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter in the ambient outdoor air for the relevant geographic area and requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to this provision. Provides that a bar or tavern that designates the entire premises as a smoking area is exempt from the smoking prohibition if the owner or operator of the bar or tavern can demonstrate to the Department that the bar or tavern has been equipped with air filtration or purification devices or similar technologies that render the concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter in the bar or tavern equivalent to the concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter in the ambient outdoor air for the relevant geographic area. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. 1/20/2006SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link 1/20/2006SenateFirst Reading 1/20/2006SenateReferred to Rules 2/8/2006SenateAssigned to Executive 2/9/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link 2/9/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 2/14/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link 2/14/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules 2/14/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive 2/14/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link 2/14/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules 2/15/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Executive 2/15/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive 2/15/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted 2/15/2006SenateDo Pass as Amended Executive; 007-002-003 2/15/2006SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006 2/17/2006SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 6/4/2006SenatePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die