House Bill 0691

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 691

        By Representatives Casey, Frankel, Jacobs, Bloom, Sobel,
    Fasano, Peaden, Warner, Kelly, Ogles and Ritter





  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., which provides that the

  7         regulation of smoking is preempted to the

  8         state; providing an 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24  repealed.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                          SENATE SUMMARY

30    Provides legislative intent that the "Florida Clean
      Indoor Air Act" is a uniform statewide minimum code
31    rather than maximum code. Repeals the preemption of the
      regulation of smoking to the state.
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