Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 562
       
       
        
       By Senator Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00414-18                                            2018562__
    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; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Section 386.209, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   10  read:
   11         386.209 Regulation of smoking preempted to state.—This part
   12  expressly preempts regulation of smoking to the state and
   13  supersedes any municipal or county ordinance on the subject;
   14  however, municipalities and counties may further restrict
   15  smoking within the boundaries of any public parks they own, and
   16  school districts may further restrict smoking by persons on
   17  school district property.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.