House Bill 1153c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000      CS/HBs 1153 & 845

        By the Committee on Business Regulation & Consumer Affairs
    and Representatives Constantine, Casey, Frankel, Bloom, Jacobs
    and Wiles




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Clean Indoor Air

  3         Act; amending s. 386.205, F.S.; reducing the

  4         maximum percentage of seats that may be located

  5         in an area designated as a smoking area in

  6         restaurants; amending s. 386.203, F.S.;

  7         revising the definition of "public place" to

  8         delete the size requirement for restaurants

  9         subject to the act, after a specified date;

10         providing effective dates.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 386.205, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         386.205  Designation of smoking areas.--

17         (4)(a)  No more than one-half of the total square

18  footage in any public place within a single enclosed indoor

19  area used for a common purpose shall be reserved and

20  designated as a smoking area.  This square footage limitation

21  does not apply to restaurants as defined in s. 386.203(1)(p).

22  However, such a restaurant must ensure that no more than 65

23  percent of the seats existing in its dining room at any time

24  are located in an area designated as a smoking area.

25         (b)  The square footage limitation set forth in

26  paragraph (a) shall not apply to any restaurant subject to

27  this part. With respect to such restaurants:

28         1.  No more than 50 percent of the seats existing in a

29  restaurant's dining room at any time shall be located in an

30  area designated as a smoking area.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000      CS/HBs 1153 & 845

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  1         2.  Effective October 1, 2001, no more than 35 percent

  2  of the seats existing in a restaurant's dining room at any

  3  time shall be located in an area designated as a smoking area.

  4         Section 2.  Effective October 1, 2001, paragraph (p) of

  5  subsection (1) of section 386.203, Florida Statutes, is

  6  amended to read:

  7         386.203  Definitions.--As used in this part:

  8         (1)  "Public place" means the following enclosed,

  9  indoor areas used by the general public:

10         (p)  Restaurants which seat more than 50 persons;

11         Section 3.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

12  act shall take effect October 1, 2000.

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