Thursday, March 10 2011
Illinois House committee approved two proposals Wednesday
Just three years after it was abolished, smoking could make a return to casinos and bars under two bills before the Illinois General Assembly.
A House committee on Wednesday approved both proposals.
HB 171 would allow smoking in segregated, ventilated rooms in licensed casinos. HB 1310 also would give local liquor control commissions the power to issue smoking licenses to bars and other adult-oriented establishments that make no more than 10 percent of their revenues from food sales.
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