HB 1240 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2071

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1240

AN ACT prohibiting minors from sitting in the smoking sections of restaurants.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cloutier, Sull 22; Rep. Joseph Manning, Ches 28; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 31; Rep. French, Merr 34

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits minors from sitting in the smoking sections of restaurants.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2071

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT prohibiting minors from sitting in the smoking sections of restaurants.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Prohibiting Minors From Sitting in Smoking Sections of Restaurants. Amend RSA 155 by inserting after section 67 the following new section:

155:67-a Minors Prohibited From Smoking Sections of Restaurants. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other law to the contrary, minors shall not be seated in the smoking sections of restaurants. For the purposes of this section "minor" means any person under 18 years of age.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.