House Bill 3379

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3379

        By Representatives Casey, Bloom, Frankel, Ritter,
    Cosgrove, Heyman, Rodriguez-Chomat, Wise, Wasserman Schultz,
    Roberts-Burke, D. Prewitt, Effman, Fischer, Kosmas, Silver,
    Thrasher, Fasano, Brown, Livingston, Arnold, Jacobs,
    (Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to clean indoor air; amending

  3         s. 386.202, F.S.; providing legislative intent

  4         that the "Florida Clean Indoor Air Act" is a

  5         uniform statewide minimum code; repealing s.

  6         386.209, F.S., relating to state preemption of

  7         the regulation of smoking; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 386.202, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         386.202  Legislative intent.--The purpose of this part

15  is to protect the public health, comfort, and environment by

16  creating areas in public places and at public meetings that

17  are reasonably free from tobacco smoke by providing a uniform

18  statewide minimum maximum code.  This part shall not be

19  interpreted to require the designation of smoking areas.

20  However, it is the intent of the Legislature to discourage the

21  designation of any area within a government building as a

22  smoking area.

23         Section 2.  Section 386.209, Florida Statutes, is

24  repealed.

25         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

26  year in which enacted.

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29                          HOUSE SUMMARY

30    Expresses legislative intent that the "Florida Clean
      Indoor Air Act" is a uniform statewide minimum, rather
31    than maximum, code. Repeals the state preemption of the
      regulation of smoking.
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3379

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  2                       ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

  3  Betancourt, Murman, Saunders, Starks, Bainter, Horan, Kelly,
    Arnall, Brooks, Ogles, Bradley, Sanderson, Hafner, Lacasa,
  4  Crow, Clemons, Dennis, Flanagan, Peaden, Fuller and Warner

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