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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 752
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING SM OKING AND VAPING ON BEACHES IN
STATE PARKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) No person shall engage in 1
the act of smoking on any beach located in a state park. 2
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 3
enforce the provisions of this section and issue a warning for any first 4
violation of the provisions of this section and any person who violates 5
the provisions of this section a second or subsequent time shall be 6
deemed to have committed an infraction. Nothing in this section shall 7
be construed to require the alteration of any sign located in a state 8
park. Notice of the prohibition contained in this section shall be posted 9
on the Internet web site of the Department of Energy and 10
Environmental Protection and shall be conveyed by any applicable 11
park attendant to a patron upon such patron's entry to such park. 12
(c) For purposes of this section, "smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, 13
burning, carrying or otherwise possessing any lighted cigarette, cigar, 14
pipe or any other object or device of any form that contains lighted 15
tobacco or any other smoking product including any electronic 16
nicotine delivery system and vapor product. 17
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 51-164n of the general statutes is 18 Substitute Bill No. 752
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 19
1, 2019): 20
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 21
person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the 22
provisions of section 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 4b-13, 7-13, 7-14, 7-35, 7-41, 7-83, 7-23
283, 7-325, 7-393, 8-12, 8-25, 8-27, 9-63, 9-322, 9-350, 10-193, 10-197, 10-24
198, 10-230, 10-251, 10-254, 12-52, 12-170aa, 12-292, 12-314b or 12-326g, 25
subdivision (4) of section 12-408, subdivision (3), (5) or (6) of section 26
12-411, section 12-435c, 12-476a, 12-476b, 12-487, 13a-71, 13a-107, 13a-27
113, 13a-114, 13a-115, 13a-117b, 13a-123, 13a-124, 13a-139, 13a-140, 13a-28
143b, 13a-247 or 13a-253, subsection (f) of section 13b-42, section 13b-29
90, 13b-221, 13b-292, 13b-336, 13b-337, 13b-338, 13b-410a, 13b-410b or 30
13b-410c, subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 13b-412, section 13b-414, 31
subsection (d) of section 14-12, section 14-20a or 14-27a, subsection (e) 32
of section 14-34a, subsection (d) of section 14-35, section 14-43, 14-49, 33
14-50a or 14-58, subsection (b) of section 14-66, section 14-66a or 14-34
67a, subsection (g) of section 14-80, subsection (f) of section 14-80h, 35
section 14-97a, 14-100b, 14-103a, 14-106a, 14-106c, 14-146, 14-152, 14-36
153 or 14-163b, a first violation as specified in subsection (f) of section 37
14-164i, section 14-219 as specified in subsection (e) of said section, 38
subdivision (1) of section 14-223a, section 14-240, 14-250 or 14-253a, 39
subsection (a) of section 14-261a, section 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-40
269, 14-270, 14-275a, 14-278 or 14-279, subsection (e) or (h) of section 41
14-283, section 14-291, 14-293b, 14-296aa, 14-300, 14-300d, 14-319, 14-42
320, 14-321, 14-325a, 14-326, 14-330 or 14-332a, subdivision (1), (2) or (3) 43
of section 14-386a, section 15-25 or 15-33, subdivision (1) of section 15-44
97, subsection (a) of section 15-115, section 16-44, 16-256e, 16a-15 or 45
16a-22, subsection (a) or (b) of section 16a-22h, section 17a-24, 17a-145, 46
17a-149, 17a-152, 17a-465, 17b-124, 17b-131, 17b-137, 19a-30, 19a-33, 47
19a-39 or 19a-87, subsection (b) of section 19a-87a, section 19a-91, 19a-48
105, 19a-107, 19a-113, 19a-215, 19a-219, 19a-222, 19a-224, 19a-286, 19a-49
287, 19a-297, 19a-301, 19a-309, 19a-335, 19a-336, 19a-338, 19a-339, 19a-50
340, 19a-425, 19a-502, 20-7a, 20-14, 20-158, 20-231, 20-249, 20-257, 20-51
265, 20-324e, 20-341l, 20-366, 20-597, 20-608, 20-610, 21-1, 21-38, 21-39, 52 Substitute Bill No. 752
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21-43, 21-47, 21-48, 21-63 or 21-76a, subsection (c) of section 21a-2, 53
subdivision (1) of section 21a-19, section 21a-21, subdivision (1) of 54
subsection (b) of section 21a-25, section 21a-26 or 21a-30, subsection (a) 55
of section 21a-37, section 21a-46, 21a-61, 21a-63 or 21a-77, subsection 56
(b) of section 21a-79, section 21a-85 or 21a-154, subdivision (1) of 57
subsection (a) of section 21a-159, subsection (a) of section 21a-279a, 58
section 22-12b, 22-13, 22-14, 22-15, 22-16, 22-26g, 22-29, 22-34, 22-35, 22-59
36, 22-38, 22-39, 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e, 22-49 or 22-54, 60
subsection (d) of section 22-84, section 22-89, 22-90, 22-98, 22-99, 22-61
100, 22-111o, 22-167, 22-279, 22-280a, 22-318a, 22-320h, 22-324a, 22-326 62
or 22-342, subsection (b), (e) or (f) of section 22-344, section 22-359, 22-63
366, 22-391, 22-413, 22-414, 22-415, 22a-66a or 22a-246, subsection (a) of 64
section 22a-250, subsection (e) of section 22a-256h, section 22a-363 or 65
22a-381d, subsections (c) and (d) of section 22a-381e, section 22a-449, 66
22a-461, section 1 of this act, 23-37, 23-38, 23-46 or 23-61b, subsection 67
(a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 23-65, section 25-37 or 68
25-40, subsection (a) of section 25-43, section 25-43d, 25-135, 26-18, 26-69
19, 26-21, 26-31, 26-40, 26-40a, 26-42, 26-49, 26-54, 26-55, 26-56, 26-58 or 70
26-59, subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 26-61, section 26-64, 71
subdivision (1) of section 26-76, section 26-79, 26-87, 26-89, 26-91, 26-94, 72
26-97, 26-98, 26-104, 26-105, 26-107, 26-117, 26-128, 26-131, 26-132, 26-73
138 or 26-141, subdivision (1) of section 26-186, section 26-207, 26-215, 74
26-217 or 26-224a, subdivision (1) of section 26-226, section 26-227, 26-75
230, 26-232, 26-244, 26-257a, 26-260, 26-276, 26-284, 26-285, 26-286, 26-76
288, 26-294, 28-13, 29-6a, 29-25, 29-143o, 29-143z or 29-156a, subsection 77
(b), (d), (e) or (g) of section 29-161q, section 29-161y or 29-161z, 78
subdivision (1) of section 29-198, section 29-210, 29-243 or 29-277, 79
subsection (c) of section 29-291c, section 29-316, 29-318, 29-381, 30-48a, 80
30-86a, 31-3, 31-10, 31-11, 31-12, 31-13, 31-14, 31-15, 31-16, 31-18, 31-23, 81
31-24, 31-25, 31-32, 31-36, 31-38, 31-40, 31-44, 31-47, 31-48, 31-51, 31-52, 82
31-52a or 31-54, subsection (a) or (c) of section 31-69, section 31-70, 31-83
74, 31-75, 31-76, 31-76a, 31-89b or 31-134, subsection (i) of section 31-84
273, section 31-288, subdivision (1) of section 35-20, section 36a-787, 42-85
230, 45a-283, 45a-450, 45a-634 or 45a-658, subdivision (13) or (14) of 86
section 46a-54, section 46a-59, 46b-22, 46b-24, 46b-34, 47-34a, 47-47, 49-87 Substitute Bill No. 752
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8a, 49-16, 53-133, 53-199, 53-212a, 53-249a, 53-252, 53-264, 53-280, 53-88
302a, 53-303e, 53-311a, 53-321, 53-322, 53-323, 53-331 or 53-344, 89
subsection (c) of section 53-344b, or section 53-450, or (2) a violation 90
under the provisions of chapter 268, or (3) a violation of any regulation 91
adopted in accordance with the provisions of section 12-484, 12-487 or 92
13b-410, or (4) a violation of any ordinance, regulation or bylaw of any 93
town, city or borough, except violations of building codes and the 94
health code, for which the penalty exceeds ninety dollars but does not 95
exceed two hundred fifty dollars, unless such town, city or borough 96
has established a payment and hearing procedure for such violation 97
pursuant to section 7-152c, shall follow the procedures set forth in this 98
section. 99
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 51-164n(b)
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
APP Joint Favorable