Florida Senate - 2018                              CS for SB 562
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       
       578-02148-18                                           2018562c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to regulation of smoking; amending s.
    3         386.209, F.S.; authorizing municipalities and counties
    4         to further restrict smoking within the boundaries of
    5         certain public parks and designated facilities;
    6         providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 386.209, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   11  read:
   12         386.209 Regulation of smoking preempted to state.—This part
   13  expressly preempts regulation of smoking to the state and
   14  supersedes any municipal or county ordinance on the subject;
   15  however, municipalities and counties may further restrict
   16  smoking within the boundaries of any public parks they own;
   17  counties may further restrict smoking within any designated
   18  facility that they own, as defined in s. 154.08; and school
   19  districts may further restrict smoking by persons on school
   20  district property.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.