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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 119th

CHAPTER 54

H.P. 951 - L.D. 1349

An Act to Protect Citizens from the Detrimental Effects of Tobacco

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1541, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 and affected by §9, is amended to read:

     4. Public place. "Public place" means any place, including a restaurant, not open to the sky into which the public is invited or allowed. Except as provided in section 1542, subsection 2, paragraph J, a private residence is not a public place.

     Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1541, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 and affected by §9, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

     5. Restaurant. "Restaurant" means any enclosed indoor restaurant or other enclosed establishment that invites the public to be served food for consumption on the premises. "Restaurant" does not include an establishment that according to its licensing requirements under Title 28-A generally prohibits minors from being served or present.

     Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1542, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 and affected by §9, is repealed.

     Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §1579-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 451, §§1 and 2, is repealed.

Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.

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