2020 -- H 7488 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Jackson, McLaughlin, Edwards, and | |
Date Introduced: February 06, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 45-6 of the General Laws entitled "Ordinances" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 45-6-13. Municipal vaping restrictions. |
4 | Cities and towns are authorized to establish by ordinance and regulation, restrictions on |
5 | the use of vaping products and nicotine vapor products. Restrictions may include, but are not |
6 | limited to, prohibition of use in: public areas, sidewalks and enclosures, areas around schools, day |
7 | care facilities, nursing homes and hospitals and other areas where persons may suffer from |
8 | exposure to vapor. For purposes of this section, "vaping product" or "nicotine vapor product" |
9 | means any noncombustible product containing nicotine or vaping substance that employs a |
10 | heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical |
11 | means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or other |
12 | vaping substance in a solution or other form, and includes any electronic cigarette, electronic |
13 | cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device and any cartridge or other |
14 | container of nicotine in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic |
15 | cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would authorize municipalities to adopt ordinances restricting vaping in public |
2 | places and areas near schools, day care facilities and hospitals. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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