Illinois Code § 10

Illinois Code § 10. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 10.

Definitions. In this Act: "Campus" means all property, including buildings, grounds, parking lots, and vehicles that are owned or operated by a State-supported institution of higher education, but does not include property covered under the Smoke Free Illinois Act, or enclosed laboratories, not open to the public, in an accredited university or government facility where the activity of smoking is exclusively conducted for the purpose of medical or scientific, health-related research. "Employee" means an individual who is employed by a State-supported institution of higher education in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit. "Governing authority" means the administrative branch of the State-supported institution of higher education. "Guest" means a visitor to the campus of a State-supported institution of higher education. "Smoke" or "smoking" means the carrying, smoking, burning, inhaling, or exhaling of any kind of lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, hookah, weed, herbs, or other lighted smoking equipment. "Smoke" or "smoking" also includes products containing or delivering nicotine intended or expected for human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not a tobacco product as defined by Section 321(rr) of Title 21 of the United States Code, unless it has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration for tobacco use cessation or other medical purposes and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose. "Smoke" or "smoking" does not include smoking that is associated with a native recognized religious ceremony, ritual, or activity by American Indians that is in accordance with the federal American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Sections 1996 and 1996a of Title 42 of the United States Code. "Student" means an individual enrolled in a credit or noncredit course at a State-supported institution of higher education. "State-supported institution of higher education" means the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and the public community colleges subject to the Public Community College Act. (Source: P.A. 98-985, eff. 8-18-14.)

Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 10
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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