§ 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.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 97-688, eff. 6-14-12; 98-1163, eff. 1-9-15.)