Bill Text: OR HB2350 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2350 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2350 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2350-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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                         House Bill 2350

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Business and Labor)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Provides that business primarily engaged in sale of tobacco
products and smoking instruments on December 31, 2008, may
qualify as 'smoke shop' for purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air
Act even if business is not stand-alone business.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act; amending ORS
  433.835; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 433.835 is amended to read:
  433.835. As used in ORS 433.835 to 433.875:
  (1) 'Cigar bar' means a business that:
  (a) Has on-site sales of cigars as defined in ORS 323.500;
  (b) Has a humidor on the premises;
  (c) Allows the smoking of cigars on the premises but prohibits
the smoking of all other tobacco products in any form including,
but not limited to, loose tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigarettes as
defined in ORS 323.010 and cigarillos as defined by the Oregon
Health Authority by rule;
  (d) Has been issued and operates under a full on-premises sales
license issued under ORS 471.175;
  (e) Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from entering the
premises and posts notice of the prohibition;
  (f) Does not offer video lottery games as authorized under ORS
461.217;
  (g) Has a maximum seating capacity of 40 persons;
  (h) Has a ventilation system that is certified by the assistant
to the State Fire Marshal described in ORS 476.060 for the
jurisdiction in which the cigar bar is located as adequate to
remove the cigar smoke in the cigar bar and vents the smoke from
the cigar bar in a manner that prevents the smoke from entering
any other establishment; and
  (i) Requires all employees to read and sign a document that
explains the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke.
  (2) 'Enclosed area' means all space between a floor and a
ceiling that is enclosed on three or more sides by permanent or
temporary walls or windows, exclusive of doors or passageways,
that extend from the floor to the ceiling.
  (3) 'Place of employment' means every enclosed area under the
control of a public or private employer that employees frequent
during the course of employment, including but not limited to
work areas, employee lounges, vehicles that are operated in the
course of an employer's business that are not operated
exclusively by one employee, rest rooms, conference rooms,
classrooms, cafeterias, hallways, meeting rooms, elevators and
stairways. 'Place of employment' does not include a private
residence unless it is used as a child care facility as defined
in ORS 657A.250 or a facility providing adult day care as defined
in ORS 410.490.
  (4) 'Public place' means any enclosed area open to the public.
  (5) 'Smoke shop' means a business that:
  (a) Is primarily engaged in the sale of tobacco products and
smoking instruments, with at least 75 percent of the gross
revenues of the business resulting from such sales;
  (b) Prohibits persons under 18 years of age from entering the
premises;
  (c) Does not offer video lottery games as authorized under ORS
461.217, social gaming or betting on the premises;
  (d) Does not sell or offer on-premises consumption of alcoholic
beverages; and
  (e) { + (A) + } Is a stand-alone business with no other
businesses or residential property attached to the premises { + ;
or
  (B) Was primarily engaged in the sale of tobacco products and
smoking instruments, with at least 75 percent of the gross
revenues of the business resulting from such sales, on December
31, 2008 + }.
  (6) 'Smoking instrument' means any cigar, cigarette, pipe or
other smoking equipment.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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