<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to health; establishing the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007; establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>public policy to protect employees and the general public from the known hazards <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>of secondhand smoke; requiring persons to refrain from smoking in certain areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 116L.17, subdivision 1; 144.412; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>144.413, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 144.414; 144.416; 144.417; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116L.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>have the meanings given them in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>development.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Dislocated worker" means an individual who is a resident of Minnesota at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>time employment ceased or was working in the state at the time employment ceased and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) has been permanently separated or has received a notice of permanent separation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>from public or private sector employment and is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>to unemployment benefits, and is unlikely to return to the previous industry or occupation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has been long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>resides, including older individuals who may have substantial barriers to employment by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>reason of age;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has been self-employed, including farmers and ranchers, and is unemployed as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>because of natural disasters; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) has been permanently separated from employment in a restaurant or a bar due to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>the implementation of any state law prohibiting smoking; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) is a displaced homemaker. A "displaced homemaker" is an individual who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>spent a substantial number of years in the home providing homemaking service and (i) has <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>been dependent upon the financial support of another; and now due to divorce, separation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>death, or disability of that person, must find employment to self support; or (ii) derived <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>the substantial share of support from public assistance on account of dependents in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>home and no longer receives such support.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be eligible under this clause, the support must have ceased while the worker <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>resided in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Eligible organization" means a state or local government unit, nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>organization, community action agency, business organization or association, or labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>organization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Plant closing" means the announced or actual permanent shutdown of a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Substantial layoff" means a permanent reduction in the workforce, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>not a result of a plant closing, and which results in an employment loss at a single site <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>of employment during any 30-day period for at least 50 employees excluding those <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>employees that work less than 20 hours per week.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.412, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><b>144.412 PUBLIC POLICY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>144.411</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref> is to protect the public health, comfort <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>and environment by prohibiting smoking in areas where children or ill or injured persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>are present, and employees and the general public from the known hazards of secondhand <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>smoke by limiting eliminating smoking in public places, places of employment, public <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>transportation, and at public meetings to designated smoking areas. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.413, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Indoor area.</b> "Indoor area" means all space between a floor and a ceiling <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>that is bounded on two or more sides by walls, whether temporary or permanent, or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>doorways and windows, whether open or closed. A wall includes any retractable divider, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>garage door, or other physical barrier that substantially encloses a side.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.413, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Place of employment.</b> "Place of employment" means any indoor area <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>at which two or more individuals perform any type of a service for consideration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>payment under any type of contractual relationship, including, but not limited to, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>employment relationship with or for a private corporation, partnership, individual, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>government agency.  Place of employment includes any indoor area where two or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>individuals gratuitously perform services for which individuals are ordinarily paid.  A <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>place of employment includes, but is not limited to, public conveyances, factories, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>warehouses, offices, retail stores, restaurants, bars, banquet facilities, theaters, food stores, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>banks, financial institutions, employee cafeterias, lounges, auditoriums, gymnasiums, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>restrooms, elevators, hallways, museums, libraries, bowling establishments, employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>medical facilities, and rooms or areas containing photocopying equipment or other office <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>equipment used in common. Vehicles used in whole or in part for work purposes are <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>places of employment during hours of operation if more than one person is present. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>area in which work is performed in a private residence is a place of employment during <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>hours of operation if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the homeowner uses the area exclusively and regularly as a principal place of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>business and has one or more on-site employees; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the homeowner uses the area exclusively and regularly as a place to meet or deal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>with patients, clients, or customers in the normal course of the homeowner's trade or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>business.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.413, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Public place.</b> "Public place" means any enclosed, indoor area used by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>general public or serving as a place of work, including, but not limited to, restaurants,; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>bars; any other food or liquor establishment; retail stores, offices, except retail tobacco <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>products shops as provided in section 144.4167, subdivision 4, and other commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>establishments, public conveyances,; educational facilities other than public schools, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13</statute_ref>,; hospitals,; nursing homes,; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>auditoriums,; arenas,; meeting rooms,; and common areas of rental apartment buildings, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>but excluding private, enclosed offices occupied exclusively by smokers even though <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>such offices may be visited by nonsmokers. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.413, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Smoking.</b> "Smoking" means inhaling or exhaling smoke from any lighted <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other lighted tobacco or plant product. Smoking also includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>carrying a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other lighted smoking equipment tobacco <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>or plant product intended for inhalation.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.413, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Public transportation.</b> "Public transportation" means public means of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>transportation, including light and commuter rail transit; buses; enclosed bus and transit <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>stops; taxis, vans, limousines, and other for-hire vehicles other than those being operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>by the lessee; and ticketing, boarding, and waiting areas in public transportation terminals.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.414, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var><b>144.414 PROHIBITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Public places</b><b>, places of employment, public transportation, and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><b>public meetings</b><b>.</b> (a) Smoking shall not be permitted in and no person shall smoke in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>public place or, at a public meeting except in designated smoking areas. This prohibition <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>does not apply in cases in which an entire room or hall is used for a private social function <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>and seating arrangements are under the control of the sponsor of the function and not of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>the proprietor or person in charge of the place. Furthermore, this prohibition shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>apply to places of work not usually frequented by the general public, except that the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>commissioner of health shall establish rules to restrict or prohibit smoking in factories, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>warehouses, and those places of work where the close proximity of workers or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>inadequacy of ventilation causes smoke pollution detrimental to the health and comfort of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>nonsmoking employees, in a place of employment, or in public transportation, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>provided in this section or section 144.4167.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Sections 144.414 to 141.417 become effective for bars, bingo halls, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>restaurants on January 1, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Smoking marijuana, including the medical use of marijuana, shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>permitted in and no person shall smoke marijuana in a place of employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Day care premises.</b> Smoking is prohibited in a day care center licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>under Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 to 9503.0175, or in a family home or in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>group family day care provider home licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0300 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>to 9502.0445, during its hours of operation. The proprietor of a family home or group <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>family day care provider must disclose to parents or guardians of children cared for on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>premises if the proprietor permits smoking outside of its hours of operation. Disclosure <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>must include posting on the premises a conspicuous written notice and orally informing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>parents or guardians.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Health care facilities and clinics.</b> (a) Smoking is prohibited in any area of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>a hospital, health care clinic, doctor's office, licensed residential facility for children, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>other health care-related facility, other than except that a patient or resident in a nursing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>home, boarding care facility, or licensed residential facility, except as allowed in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>subdivision for adults may smoke in a designated separate, enclosed room maintained in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>accordance with applicable state and federal laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Smoking by participants in peer reviewed scientific studies related to the health <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>effects of smoking may be allowed in a separated room ventilated at a rate of 60 cubic <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>feet per minute per person pursuant to a policy that is approved by the commissioner and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>is established by the administrator of the program to minimize exposure of nonsmokers <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>to smoke.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Public transportation vehicles.</b> Smoking is prohibited in public <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>transportation vehicles except that the driver of a public transportation vehicle may smoke <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>when the vehicle is being used for personal use. For purposes of this subdivision, "personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>use" means that the public transportation vehicle is being used by the driver for private <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>purposes and no for-hire passengers are present. If a driver smokes under this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>the driver must post a conspicuous sign inside the vehicle to inform passengers.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.416, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><b>144.416 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROPRIETORS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The proprietor or other person in charge, firm, limited liability company, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>corporation, or other entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>use of a public place, public transportation, place of employment, or public meeting shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>make reasonable efforts to prevent smoking in the public place, public transportation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>place of employment, or public meeting by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) (1) posting appropriate signs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) arranging seating to provide a smoke-free area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) asking smokers to refrain from smoking upon request of a client or employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>suffering discomfort from the smoke; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) or by any other means which may be appropriate; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) asking any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited to refrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>from smoking and, if the person does not refrain from smoking after being asked to do so, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>asking the person to leave. If the person refuses to leave, the proprietor, person, or entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>in charge shall handle the situation consistent with lawful methods for handling other <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>persons acting in a disorderly manner or as a trespasser.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The proprietor or other person or entity in charge of a public place, public <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>meeting, public transportation, or place of employment must not provide smoking <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>equipment, including ashtrays, in areas where smoking is prohibited. Nothing in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>section prohibits the proprietor or other person or entity in charge from taking more <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>stringent measures than those under sections 144.414 to 144.417 to protect individuals <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>from secondhand smoke. The proprietor or other person or entity in charge of a restaurant <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>or bar may not serve an individual who is in violation of sections 144.411 to 144.417.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. <b>[144.4167] PERMITTED SMOKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scientific study participants.</b> Smoking by participants in peer <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>reviewed scientific studies related to the health effects of smoking may be allowed in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>separated room ventilated at a rate of 60 cubic feet per minute per person pursuant to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>policy that is approved by the commissioner and is established by the administrator of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>program to minimize exposure of nonsmokers to smoke.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Traditional Native American ceremonies.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>do not prohibit smoking by a Native American as part of a traditional Native American <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes of this section, a Native American is a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Private places.</b> Except as provided in section 144.414, subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>nothing in sections 144.411 to 144.417 prohibits smoking in:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) private homes, private residences, or private automobiles when they are not in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>use as a place of employment, as defined in section 144.413, subdivision 1b; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a hotel or motel sleeping room rented to one or more guests.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Tobacco products shop.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not prohibit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>lighting of tobacco in a tobacco products shop by a customer or potential customer. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>the purposes of this subdivision, a tobacco products shop is a retail business that earns at <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>least 90 percent of its gross receipts from the sale of tobacco products and paraphernalia <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>associated with tobacco use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Approved smoking rooms.</b> (a) A city, town, or county, by majority vote <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>of the governing body, may issue a license to a bar, upon request of the owner, to permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>smoking in a designated smoking room of the bar. The city, town, or county shall set <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>the fee for a smoking license after providing notice and a hearing on the proposed fees. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not prohibit smoking in smoking rooms of bars that <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>have a smoking license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "bar" means an establishment that has an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale nonintoxicating malt liquor license, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license, a wine license, or a strong beer liquor license; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the bar's sales of beer, nonintoxicating malt liquor, 3.2 percent malt liquor, wine, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>and intoxicating liquor are demonstrated for an existing licensee to be, or for an initial <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>licensee projected to be, more than 50 percent of the total net sales of food and beverages, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>after taxes, that are served in the establishment. For the purposes of this section, "sales" are <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>the sales reported to the Department of Revenue from the most recent calendar year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the smoking room:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is separated from the remainder of the bar on all sides by continuous <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>floor-to-ceiling walls, which are interrupted only by closable doors that are continuously <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>closed, except when a person is actively entering or exiting the smoking room;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) has ventilation systems that are totally separated from the remainder of the bar, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>with the smoking room maintaining a negative air pressure in relation to the remainder <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>of the bar; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) does not permit entrance or employment of minors or entrance of employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>at any time, except after closing or in an emergency, notwithstanding section 340A.503, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Heavy commercial vehicles.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not prohibit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>smoking in motor vehicles registered under section 168.013, subdivision 1e, with a total <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>gross weight of 26,001 pounds or greater.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Private clubs with no employees.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>prohibit smoking in private clubs that have had no employees for the past five years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Farm vehicles and construction equipment.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>do not prohibit smoking in farm trucks, as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 22; <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>implements of husbandry, as defined in section 168A.01, subdivision 8; and special mobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>equipment, as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 22.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Agricultural land.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not prohibit smoking <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>on property classified as class 2 property, under section 273.13, subdivision 23, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>the house and garage and immediately surrounding one acre of land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Disabled veterans rest camps.</b> Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>prohibit smoking in disabled veterans rest camps.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.417, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var><b>144.417 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> (a) The state commissioner of health shall adopt rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>necessary and reasonable to implement the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>144.411</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>except as provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Rules implementing sections 
         <statute_ref>144.411</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref> adopted after January 1, 2002, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>may not take effect until approved by a law enacted after January 1, 2002. This paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>does not apply to a rule or severable portion of a rule governing smoking in office <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>buildings, factories, warehouses, or similar places of work, or in health care facilities. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>paragraph does not apply to a rule changing the definition of "restaurant" to make it the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>same as the definition in section 
         <statute_ref>157.15, subdivision 12</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Penalties</b><b> Violations</b><b>.</b> Any person who violates section 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref> or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><statute_ref>144.4165</statute_ref> is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.(a) Any proprietor, person, or entity that owns, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of an area in which smoking is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>prohibited under sections 144.414 to 
         <statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref>, and that knowingly fails to comply with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref> to 144.417, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited or restricted <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref> to 144.417 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A proprietor, person, or entity in charge of a public place, public meeting, place <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>of employment, or public transportation must not retaliate or take adverse action against <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>an employee or anyone else who, in good faith, reports a violation of sections 144.414 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref> to the proprietor or person in charge of the public place, public meeting, place of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>employment, or public transportation, or to the commissioner of health or other designee <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>responsible for enforcing sections 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.417</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, penalize, discriminate <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>against, or in any manner retaliate against any employee, applicant for employment, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>customer because the employee, applicant, or customer exercises any right to a smoke-free <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>environment provided by sections 
         <statute_ref>144.414</statute_ref> to 144.417 or other law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Injunction.</b> The state commissioner of health, a board of health as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>145A.02, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or any affected party may institute an action in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>court with jurisdiction to enjoin repeated violations of section 
         <statute_ref>144.416</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>144.4165</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>sections 144.414 to 144.417.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>CHARITABLE GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gambling Control Board, in cooperation with the commissioner of revenue, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>shall study the impact of a statewide smoking ban in public places on lawful gambling. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>The board shall provide a summary report with recommendations to the governor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>appropriate committees of the legislature prior to January 31, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Jobs Skills Partnership Board must enable the dislocated worker program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.17, to provide services under that program to employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>of bars, restaurants, and lawful gambling organizations who become unemployed due, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>whole or in part, to the provisions of this act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>FREEDOM TO BREATHE ACT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This act shall be referred to as the "Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007."<br />
         		
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