Bill Text: NJ A4428 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits vapor lounges for use of electronic smoking devices to be opened under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-15 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4428 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4428-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Permits vapor lounges for use of electronic smoking devices to be opened under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee on June 15, 2015, with amendments.
An Act concerning vapor lounges and amending P.L.2005, c.383.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-57) is amended to read as follows:
3. As used in [this act] P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-55 et seq.):
"Bar" means a business establishment or any portion of a nonprofit entity[,] which is devoted to the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by the public, guests, patrons, or members on the premises and in which the serving of food, if served at all, is only incidental to the sale or consumption of such beverages.
"Cigar bar" means any bar, or area within a bar, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on the premises or elsewhere; except that a cigar bar that is in an area within a bar shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling, and a solid door and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the bar so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas and smoke is not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas.
"Cigar lounge" means any establishment, or area within an establishment, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on the premises or elsewhere; except that a cigar lounge that is in an area within an establishment shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling, and a solid door and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the establishment so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas and smoke is not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas.
"Electronic smoking device" means an electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette[, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe] or personal vaporizer.
"Indoor public place" means a structurally enclosed place of business, commerce, or other service-related activity, whether publicly or privately owned or operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis, which is generally accessible to the public, including, but not limited to: a commercial or other office building; office or building owned, leased, or rented by the State or by a county or municipal government; public and nonpublic elementary or secondary school building; board of education building; theater or concert hall; public library; museum or art gallery; bar; restaurant or other establishment where the principal business is the sale of food for consumption on the premises, including the bar area of the establishment; garage or parking facility; any public conveyance operated on land or water, or in the air, and passenger waiting rooms and platform areas in any stations or terminals thereof; health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.); patient waiting room of the office of a health care provider licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes; child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.); race track facility; facility used for the holding of sporting events; ambulatory recreational facility; shopping mall or retail store; hotel, motel, or other lodging establishment; apartment building lobby or other public area in an otherwise private building; or a passenger elevator in a building other than a single-family dwelling.
"Person having control of an indoor public place or workplace" means the owner or operator of a commercial or other office building or other indoor public place from whom a workplace or space within the building or indoor public place is leased.
"Smoking" means the burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be smoked, or the inhaling or exhaling of [smoke or] vapor from an electronic smoking device.
"Tobacco retail establishment" means an establishment in which at least 51% of retail business is the sale of tobacco products and accessories, and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental.
"Vapor lounge" means any establishment, or area within an establishment, designated specifically for the use of electronic smoking devices and accessories purchased on the premises or elsewhere, in which at least 51% of retail business is the sale of electronic smoking device products and accessories, and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental; except that a vapor lounge that is in an area within an establishment shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling, and a solid door, and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the establishment, so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas, and smoke and vapor are not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas.
"Workplace" means a structurally enclosed location or portion thereof at which a person performs any type of service or labor.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.182, s.2)
2. Section 5 of P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-59) is amended to read as follows:
5. The provisions of this act shall not apply to:
a. any cigar bar or cigar lounge that, in the calendar year ending December 31, 2004, generated 15% or more of its total annual gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of on-site humidors, not including any sales from vending machines, and is registered with the local board of health in the municipality in which the bar or lounge is located. The registration shall remain in effect for one year and shall be renewable only if: (1) in the preceding calendar year, the cigar bar or lounge generated 15% or more if its total annual gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of on-site humidors, and (2) the cigar bar or cigar lounge has not expanded its size or changed its location since December 31, 2004;
b. any tobacco retail establishment, or any area the tobacco retail establishment provides for the purposes of smoking;
c. any tobacco business when the testing of a cigar or pipe tobacco by heating, burning, or smoking is a necessary and integral part of the process of making, manufacturing, importing, or distributing cigars or pipe tobacco;
d. private homes, private residences, and private automobiles; [and]
e. the area within the perimeter of:
(1) any casino as defined in section 6 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-6) approved by the Casino Control Commission that contains at least 150 stand-alone slot machines, 10 table games, or some combination thereof approved by the commission, which machines and games are available to the public for wagering; [and]
(2) any casino simulcasting facility approved by the Casino Control Commission pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.19 (C.5:12-194) that contains a simulcast counter and dedicated seating for at least 50 simulcast patrons or a simulcast operation and at least 10 table games, which simulcast facilities and games are available to the public for wagering; and
f. any vapor lounge that is registered by the local board of health in the municipality in which the lounge is located pursuant to this subsection, provided that the following requirements are met:
(1) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, permit a certain number of vapor lounges to open and operate within the municipality. Upon adoption of such ordinance, a prospective vapor lounge may apply to the local board of health for such registration.
(2) The local board of health shall 1[not]1 grant an application for registration pursuant to this subsection 1[unless] if the registration is within the number of vapor lounges permitted to open and operate within the municipality pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, and1 the registration provides that:
(a) no food or alcoholic beverages shall be sold or served in the vapor lounge;
(b) the vapor lounge shall not be located within a bar, restaurant, or other establishment in which the principal business is the sale of food or alcoholic beverages for consumption anywhere on the premises;
(c) the entrance to the vapor lounge shall be distinct from any other establishment and accessible directly by the public;
(d) the vapor lounge shall be equipped with an exhaust system appropriate to ensure worker and customer safety and to maintain breathable air quality in the vapor lounge or other establishment; and
(e) the vapor lounge shall not permit the use of any hookah to smoke tobacco or non-tobacco products anywhere on the premises.
(3) The registration of a vapor lounge pursuant to this subsection shall remain in effect for one year and shall be renewable only if:
(a) in the preceding calendar year, the vapor lounge generated 51% or more of its total annual gross income from the on-site sale of electronic smoking device products and accessories;
(b) the vapor lounge continues to satisfy all the requirements of the initial grant of an application for registration set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection;
(c) the filter of the exhaust system has been replaced; and
(d) the vapor lounge has not expanded its size or changed its location during the preceding registration period.
(4) If a vapor lounge fails to have its registration renewed after one year, its owner shall not be permitted to register another vapor lounge.
(5) for the purposes of this subsection:
"Establishment" means a place of business, commerce, or other service-related activity, whether public or privately-owned or operated on a for-profit or nonprofit basis;
"Hookah" means a water pipe that is used to smoke tobacco or non-tobacco products by drawing the smoke through water and into an attached hose for inhalation.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.383, s.5)
3. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
4. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment, but the Commissioner of Health may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
