Section 3. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section unless different meanings are plainly indicated by the context:
- "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
- "Proprietor" means any individual or his designated agent who by virtue of his office, position, authority, or duties has legal or administrative responsibility for the use or operation of property.
- "Public place means any enclosed indoor area used by the public or serving as a place of work including, but not limited to, hospitals, restaurants, retail stores, offices, commercial establishments, elevators, indoor theaters, libraries, art museums, concert halls, public conveyances, educational facilities, nursing homes, auditoriums, arenas and meting rooms, but excluding bowling establishments and excluding places whose primary business is the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and excluding rooms rented for the purpose of living quarters or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations from a hotel, as defined in The Hotel Operators; Occupation Tax Act and private, enclosed offices occupied exclusively by smokers even though such offices may be visited by nonsmokers.
- "Smoking" means the act of inhaling the smoke from or possessing a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other form of tobacco or similar substance used for smoking.
- "State Agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (a) of Section 3 of The Illinois Purchasing Act.
- "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
Section 4. No person shall smoke in a public place except in that portion of a public place, which may be established and posted under Section 5 as a smoking area. This prohibition does not apply in cased in which an entire room or hall is used for a private social function and seating arrangements are under the control of the sponsor of the function and not of the proprietor or person in charge of the place. Furthermore, this prohibition shall not apply to factories, warehouses and similar places of work not usually frequented by the general public.
