PRINTER'S NO. 715
No. 619 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, COSTA, HUGHES, SCHWARTZ, LOGAN AND
WOZNIAK, MARCH 20, 2001
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 20, 2001
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting the use of tobacco by adults on certain educational
2 property; and providing for penalties.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Adult Tobacco
7 Use on Educational Property Law.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Educational property." A public school building, bus,
13 school campus, grounds, recreational area or athletic field or
14 other property owned, used or operated by a school board,
15 school, charter school or directors for the administration of
16 any public educational institution or during a school-related
17 activity. The term does not include:
1 (1) any land on which is not located a public or charter
2 school building, school campus, school recreational area or
3 school athletic field; or
4 (2) educational property owned or operated by a State
5 institution of higher learning, community college or other
6 school facility where only adult students are in attendance.
7 "Person." A natural person.
8 "Tobacco product." A substance that contains tobacco,
9 including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff,
10 smoking tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
11 Section 3. Prohibition.
12 No person shall use a tobacco product on educational
13 property.
14 Section 4. Penalties.
15 (a) Sentences.--A person who violates this act commits a
16 summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced as
17 follows:
18 (1) For a first conviction, to pay a fine of $75.
19 (2) For a subsequent conviction, to pay a fine of not
20 more than $150.
21 (b) Civil violation.--A conviction under this act shall be a
22 civil violation of this act and not a criminal offense.
23 (c) Enforcement.--It is the responsibility of all law
24 enforcement officers and agencies to ensure that the provisions
25 of this act are enforced.
26 Section 5. Effective date.
27 This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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