as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/25/2021 03:23pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/25/2021 |
A bill for an act
relating to health; assessing penalties for use of certain tobacco products or
electronic delivery device in a public school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020,
section 144.4165.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.4165, is amended to read:
No person shall at any time smoke,
chew, or otherwise ingest tobacco, or carry or use an activated electronic delivery device
as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, in a public school, as defined in section 120A.05,
subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, or in a charter school governed by chapter 124E. This prohibition
extends to all facilities, whether owned, rented, or leased, and all vehicles that a school
district owns, leases, rents, contracts for, or controls. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
the lighting of tobacco by an adult as a part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural
ceremony. For purposes of this section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian
tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12.
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A person violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor for
the first violation. A subsequent violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
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