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144.417.2

Statute ID: 11792

Statute Function ID: 25818

Freedom to Breathe Act Enforcement - Violations

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Statute Number:

144.417.2

Enactment Date:

May 16, 2007

Effective Date:

Oct 1, 2007

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Freedom to Breathe Act Enforcement - Violations

Statute ID:

11792

Created:

Sep 20, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 20, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Freedom to Breathe Act Enforcement - Violations

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/144/417.html

Legislative Session:

2007 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 20, 2007

(a) Any proprietor, person, or entity that owns, leases, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of an area in which smoking is prohibited under sections 144.414 to 144.417, and that knowingly fails to comply with sections 144.414 to 144.417, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited or restricted under sections 144.414 to 144.417 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(c) A proprietor, person, or entity in charge of a public place, public meeting, place 
of employment, or public transportation must not retaliate or take adverse action against an employee or anyone else who, in good faith, reports a violation of sections 144.414 to 144.417 to the proprietor or person in charge of the public place, public meeting, place of employment, or public transportation, or to the commissioner of health or other designee responsible for enforcing sections 144.414 to 144.417.
(d) No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire, penalize, discriminate against, or in any manner retaliate against any employee, applicant for employment, or customer because the employee, applicant, or customer exercises any right to a smoke-free environment provided by sections 144.414 to 144.417 or other law.