Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 548
       
       
        
       By Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       
       27-00539-15                                            2015548__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the use of tobacco products in
    3         motor vehicles; creating s. 316.6136, F.S.;
    4         prohibiting a person from smoking a tobacco product in
    5         a motor vehicle in which a child under 13 years of age
    6         is present; providing penalties; providing an
    7         effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 316.6136, Florida Statutes, is created
   12  to read:
   13         316.6136 Smoking in vehicle in which a child under 13 years
   14  of age is present; prohibition.—A person smoking a tobacco
   15  product in a motor vehicle in which a child under 13 years of
   16  age is present commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as
   17  provided in chapter 318. As used in this section, the term
   18  “smoking” has the same meaning as defined in s. 386.203.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.