| An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Smoking in Private Clubs |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1580-A, sub-§2, śC-2 is enacted to read: |
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| C-2.__"Qualifying club" means a veterans' service | organization chartered under 36 United States Code, Subtitle | II, Part B (2004) that is not open to the public or any | other club that was not open to the public and that was in | operation prior to January 1, 2004. |
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| | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1580-A, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2005, c. 338, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 7. Application. This section does not apply to a business | facility that is a veterans' service organization chartered under | 36 United States Code, Subtitle II, Part B (2004) that is not | open to the public or to any other club that was not open to the | public and that was in operation prior to January 1, 2004, if | policies concerning smoking have been mutually agreed upon by the | employer and all the employees and the veterans' service | organization or the club: |
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| A. Has written procedures ensuring that only the employer | and employees, members and invited guests accompanied by a | member are allowed entry to the premises; and |
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