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.
7
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.