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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 142B.6A LOCAL REGULATION OF
1 2 SMOKING.
1 3 1. In order to minimize the toxic effects of tobacco smoke
1 4 and to protect the health and well-being of the public, and
1 5 notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter,
1 6 local laws and regulations may be adopted to provide for the
1 7 enforcement, by ordinance or other legal means, of the
1 8 provisions of this chapter and may establish more specific or
1 9 stringent controls, additional prohibitions, or increased
1 10 penalties relating to smoking in a public place.
1 11 2. Specifically, a local law may eliminate or limit the
1 12 exemptions specified in section 142B.2, subsection 1, and in
1 13 section 142B.2, subsection 3, relating to a bar.
1 14 EXPLANATION
1 15 This bill provides that, in order to minimize the toxic
1 16 effects of tobacco smoke and to protect the health and well-
1 17 being of the public, and notwithstanding any conflicting
1 18 provisions, local laws and regulations may be adopted to
1 19 provide for the enforcement of the provisions of Code chapter
1 20 142B and may establish more specific or stringent controls,
1 21 additional prohibitions, or increased penalties relating to
1 22 smoking in a public place. The bill provides that,
1 23 specifically, a local law may eliminate or limit the
1 24 exemptions relating to designation of a smoking area and the
1 25 exemption relating to bars.
1 26 LSB 5629SS 80
1 27 pf/gg/14
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