House
File
232
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
232
BY
SWAIM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
an
exemption
for
smoking
in
public
places
1
meeting
certain
restrictions,
including
age-related
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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2258HH
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Section
1.
Section
142D.4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12.
a.
A
public
place
otherwise
subject
3
to
the
prohibitions
of
section
142D.3
that
meets
both
of
the
4
following
conditions:
5
(1)
Entrance
to
the
public
place
is
restricted
to
6
individuals
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older.
7
(2)
The
owner,
operator,
manager,
or
other
person
having
8
custody
or
control
of
the
public
place
ensures
that
smoke
from
9
the
location
in
which
smoking
is
authorized
does
not
infiltrate
10
into
areas
in
which
smoking
is
otherwise
prohibited
under
11
section
142D.3.
12
b.
This
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
the
13
owner,
operator,
manager,
or
other
person
having
custody
or
14
control
of
a
public
place
from
designating
the
public
place
as
15
a
nonsmoking
place
pursuant
to
section
142D.5.
16
EXPLANATION
17
This
bill
exempts
from
the
prohibition
against
smoking,
18
a
public
place
that
does
both
of
the
following:
restricts
19
entrance
to
individuals
18
years
of
age
and
older,
and
ensures
20
that
smoke
from
the
location
in
which
smoking
is
authorized
21
does
not
infiltrate
into
areas
in
which
smoking
is
otherwise
22
prohibited.
The
bill
is
not
to
be
construed
to
prohibit
the
23
owner,
operator,
manager,
or
other
person
having
custody
or
24
control
of
the
public
place
from
designating
the
public
place
25
as
nonsmoking
in
accordance
with
existing
law.
26
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