HOUSE BILL 183

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Joe Thompson

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL; MAKING THE BUILDING SMOKE FREE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 24-16-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, Chapter 85, Section 4) is amended to read:

"24-16-4. SMOKING PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN PERMITTED AREAS.--It is unlawful for any person to smoke in a public place or at a public meeting except in smoking-permitted areas. No part of the state capitol shall be designated as a smoking-permitted area."

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