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HB0238 • 2007

County authority-smoking.

AN ACT relating to counties; providing for regulation of smoking in public places; providing for local authority as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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Sponsor
Representative Zwonitzer, Dan
Last action
2007-02-28
Official status
active
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2007-02-28 House

    H07 Recommended Do Not Pass

  2. 2007-01-18 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2007-01-17 House

    H Received for Introduction

  4. 2007-01-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF WYOMING
07LSO-0613

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0238

County authority-smoking.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn., Harvey, Millin and Simpson and Senator(s) Aullman and Sessions

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
counties; providing for regulation of smoking in public places; providing for local authority as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 18
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2
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101(a) by creating a new paragraph (viii) is amended to read:

18
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2
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101.

General powers.

(a)

Each organized county in the state is a body corporate and politic. The powers of the county shall be exercised by a board of county commissioners which may:

(viii)

Prohibit or limit smoking in public places in the county. If the county commissioners do not regulate smoking in the county by resolution, any regulation by a municipality within the county shall apply within that municipality.

Section 2.
Th
is act is effective July 1, 2007
.

(END)

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