Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00639 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/23/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 639
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2398
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist. (By Request)

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 639 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2398

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist.

(By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING ON RAILROAD PLATFORMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to authorize agents of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to enforce the prohibition against smoking on any Metro North Railroad platform in Connecticut and to install signs indicating on any such platform that smoking is prohibited.

Statement of Purpose: 

To enforce the prohibition against smoking on certain railroad platforms in the interest of public health.