SENATE BILL No. 481

 

 

May 8, 2007, Introduced by Senators McMANUS, GEORGE, JACOBS, BRATER, GARCIA, BIRKHOLZ and GLEASON and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 12601 (MCL 333.12601), as amended by 1988 PA

 

315.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 12601. (1) As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Bathing beach" means a beach or bathing area offered to

 

the public for recreational bathing or swimming. It does not

 

include a public swimming pool as defined in section 12521.

 

     (b) (a) "Child caring institution" and "child care center"

 

mean those terms as defined in section 1 of Act No. 116 of the

 

Public Acts of 1973, being section 722.111 of the Michigan Compiled

 

Laws 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.

 

     (c) (b) "County medical care facility" means that term as


 

defined in section 20104.

 

     (d) (c) "Educational facility" means a building owned, leased,

 

or under the control of a public or private school system, college,

 

or university.

 

     (e) (d) "Food service establishment" means a food service

 

establishment that term as defined in section 12901 1107 of the

 

food law of 2000, 2000 PA 92, MCL 289.1107.

 

     (f) (e) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency

 

licensed under article 17, except a home for the aged, nursing

 

home, county medical care facility, hospice, or hospital long-term

 

care unit.

 

     (g) (f) "Home for the aged" means that term as defined in

 

section 20106.

 

     (h) (g) "Hospice" means that term as defined in section 20106.

 

     (i) (h) "Hospital long-term care unit" means that term as

 

defined in section 20106.

 

     (j) (i) "Licensed premises" means any portion of a building,

 

structure, room, or enclosure in which alcoholic liquor may be sold

 

for consumption on the premises pursuant to a license issued by the

 

Michigan liquor control commission.

 

     (k) (j) "Meeting" means a meeting as defined in section 2 of

 

the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976,

 

being section 15.262 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1976 PA 267, MCL

 

15.262.

 

     (l) (k) "Nursing home" means that term as defined in section

 

20109.

 

     (m) (l) "Public body" means a public body as defined in section


 

2 of the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976

 

1976 PA 267, MCL 15.262.

 

     (n) (m) "Public place", except as otherwise provided in

 

subsection (2), means both 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) An enclosed , indoor area owned or operated by a state or

 

local governmental agency and used by the general public or serving

 

as a place of work for public employees or a meeting place for a

 

public body, including an office, educational facility, home for

 

the aged, nursing home, county medical care facility, hospice,

 

hospital long-term care unit, auditorium, arena, meeting room, or

 

public conveyance.

 

     (ii) An enclosed , indoor area which that is not owned or

 

operated by a state or local governmental agency, is used by the

 

general public, and is 1 of the following:

 

     (A) An educational facility.

 

     (B) A home for the aged, nursing home, county medical care

 

facility, hospice, or hospital long-term care unit.

 

     (C) An auditorium.

 

     (D) An arena.

 

     (E) A theater.

 

     (F) A museum.

 

     (G) A concert hall.

 

     (H) Any other facility during the period of its use for a

 

performance or exhibit of the arts.

 

     (iii) A bathing beach or buoyed bathing or swimming area open to

 

the public.

 

     (o) (n) "Smoking" or "smoke" means the carrying by a person of


 

a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted smoking device.

 

     (2) Public place does not include a private , enclosed room or

 

office occupied exclusively by a smoker, even if the room or

 

enclosed office may be visited by a nonsmoker.

 

     (3) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and

 

principles of construction applicable to all articles of this code.