December 23rd, 2008
Reports the York Daily Record:
Just months after a public smoking ban took effect in Pennsylvania, a ranking senator has launched an effort to make it even tougher.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Stewart Greenleaf, R-Montgomery, an author of the law that took effect Sept. 11, has announced plans to push a bill early next year to eliminate several exemptions in the current law.
The current law forces most indoor businesses to be smoke-free, but allows exceptions for bars with little food sales, private clubs, outdoor restaurant decks, and parts of casino floors, residential-care homes and full-service truck stops.
Greenleaf’s new bill would end those exceptions and allow any local government to enact smoke-free ordinances that are tougher than state law.
Read more about the smoking ban and Greenleaf’s comments at the York Daily Record.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
He should get a lesson about “public property” by being 86ed from every bar in PA.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
The lobbyists will return next year to remove ALL exemptions. Here are their instructions.
http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/CIA_Fundamentals.pdf
The tax exempt ACS is gearing up by hiring 200 more workers, 4 for research, 78 fundraisers, and many other “administrative” positions. They’ll have an army of tax exempt lobbyists by next year.
http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_acs/external/search.do;pccrpsession=W25vJRQhLfnRQXGxngKDJ78BVZQ4n1L1WtspTsJJStnQmZR345cS!791238121