PRINTER'S NO.  1079

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

987

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CHRISTIANA, D. COSTA, ELLIS, GRELL, JOHNSON, KORTZ, MILLARD, PYLE, QUINN, ROAE, SACCONE, SONNEY AND STEVENSON, MARCH 9, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 9, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of July 8, 1986 (P.L.437, No.92), entitled "An

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act providing for grants to agricultural societies and

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associations to develop and improve agricultural fairs;

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establishing an advisory committee in the Department of

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Agriculture; and making repeals," providing for smoking at

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certain agricultural fairs.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of July 8, 1986 (P.L.437, No.92), known

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as the Pennsylvania Agricultural Fair Act, is amended by adding

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a section to read:

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Section 8.2.  Smoking at agricultural fairs.

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The prohibitions against, and any restrictions on, smoking in

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public places under the act of June 13, 2008 (P.L.182, No.27),

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known as the Clean Indoor Air Act, shall not apply to any

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portion of an annual agricultural fair that is conducted in an

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outdoor area of a sports or recreational facility, theater or

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performance establishment.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.