Bill Text: TX HB3635 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of smoking tobacco on the grounds of certain state buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3635 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3635-Introduced.html
| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 3635 | |
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| relating to the creation of the offense of smoking tobacco on the | ||
| grounds of certain state buildings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2165.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2165.010. PROHIBITION ON SMOKING TOBACCO INSIDE OR ON | ||
| GROUNDS OF CERTAIN STATE BUILDINGS; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, | ||
| office, or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial | ||
| branch of state government created by the state constitution or a | ||
| statute. The term does not include a university system or an | ||
| institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense if the person smokes tobacco | ||
| inside or on the grounds of a building owned by the state in which a | ||
| state agency's office is located. | ||
| (c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C misdemeanor | ||
| punishable by a fine not to exceed $50. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
