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children in the care of a home day care or baby-sitting | | service may be present. Smoking is also prohibited in a motor | | vehicle whenever a child who is in the care of a home day care | | or baby-sitting service is in the vehicle during the | | facility's hours of operation. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §1542, sub-§2, śM, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 | | and affected by §9, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §1544, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 and | | affected by §9, is amended to read: |
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| | | §1544. Retaliation prohibited |
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| | | A person may not discharge, refuse to hire, discipline or | otherwise retaliate against an employee or applicant | | who pursues any remedy available to enforce the requirements of | | this chapter. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §1545, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 342, §1 and | | affected by §9, is amended to read: |
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| | | A person who violates any provision of this chapter commits a | civil violation for which a forfeiture not to exceed | | to $2,500 may be adjudged for each violation. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 22 MRSA §1547 is enacted to read: |
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| | | The Attorney General may bring an action to enforce this | | chapter in District Court or Superior Court and may seek | | injunctive relief, including a preliminary or final injunction, | | and fines, penalties and equitable relief and may seek to prevent | | or restrain actions in violation of this chapter by a person or | | any person controlling such person. |
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| | | This bill clarifies certain definitions in the law governing | | smoking in public places, tightens the restrictions regarding | | exposure of children to secondhand smoke in day care facilities, | | removes the exemption for privately chartered buses, expands the | | application of the provision prohibiting retaliation, increases | | the range of fines that may be imposed for violation of the law | | and adds an enforcement provision to the law that is consistent | | with enforcement provisions in other tobacco-related statutes. |
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