SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1649

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES COOPER (Sponsor), SATER, STILL, WELLS AND SCHAAF (Co-sponsors).

3496L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 191.775, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to tobacco use on public school property.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 191.775, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 191.775, to read as follows:

            191.775. No person shall smoke or otherwise use tobacco or tobacco products [in any indoor area of a public elementary or secondary school building or educational facility, excluding institutions of higher education, or on buses used solely to transport students to or from school or to transport students to or from any place for educational purposes. Any school board of any school district may set policy on the permissible uses of tobacco products in any other nonclassroom or nonstudent occupant facility, and on the school grounds or outdoor facility areas as the school board deems proper] on any public elementary or secondary school property or on buses used to transport students to or from school or to transport students to or from any place for educational purposes. For purposes of this section, "school property" means a building, facility, or structure and other real estate owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a public school district. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.

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