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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 501
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CHAPTER 501
(Senate Bill 91)
AN ACT concerning
Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from smoking tobacco products in certain
places except under certain circumstances; authorizing certain counties to
regulate smoking under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions of
law concerning tobacco smoking in retail stores; declaring the intent of the
General Assembly; stating the purpose of certain provisions of this Act;
prohibiting a person from smoking in indoor areas open to the public, beginning
on a certain date, except under certain circumstances; requiring the posting of
certain signs; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt
certain regulations; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
report to the General Assembly regarding certain provisions of this Act;
requiring that certain moneys be placed in a certain fund; authorizing the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry to waive certain penalties under certain circumstances before a certain
date; providing that a certain waiver terminates on a certain date; establishing a
certain affirmative defense; providing that an employer who discharges or
discriminates against an employee for certain reasons is deemed in violation of
certain provisions of law; prohibiting an employee from making certain
groundless or malicious complaints or from taking certain actions in bad faith;
authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Commissioner
of Labor and Industry to bring certain actions against certain persons under
certain circumstances: establishing certain penalties for certain violations of
this Act; prohibiting smoking in certain places of employment; requiring the
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to adopt certain regulations;
requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to report to the
General Assembly regarding the enforcement efforts and the effect of the efforts
by the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; establishing certain
penalties for certain violations in certain places of employment; authorizing the
health officer of a county Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene health officer
of a county to grant a certain waiver under certain circumstances: authorizing
the health officer of a county to impose certain conditions on a certain waiver;
requiring a health officer of a county to develop certain criteria; defining certain
terms; declaring that nothing in this Act shall providing that certain provisions
of law may not be construed to preempt a certain entity from enacting and
enforcing certain measures; making a stylistic change; providing for a delayed
effective date; and generally relating to the prohibition of smoking in indoor
areas open to the public and indoor places of employment.
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