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Governmental Cooperation (Comity)
 

Model

Governmental agency cooperation. The State and its designees shall annually request governmental and educational agencies within the State to establish local operating procedures in compliance with this chapter. The State and its designees shall urge all Federal agencies owning facilities within the State to update their smoking policies and regulations to be consistent with this chapter.

Examples

Austin, Texas Smoking in Public Places Ordinance, adopted 2003.

§10-6-13 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY COOPERATION.

§ 23-20.10-12 Governmental agency cooperation. The state of Rhode Island and its designees shall annually request other governmental and educational agencies having facilities within the state to establish local operating procedures in cooperation and compliance of this chapter. This includes urging all federal, state, municipal and school district agencies to update their existing smoking control regulations to be consistent with the current health findings regarding secondhand smoke.

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Rhode Island Public Health and Workplace Safety Act, effective March 2005.

§ 23-20.10-12 Governmental agency cooperation. The state of Rhode Island and its designees shall annually request other governmental and educational agencies having facilities within the state to establish local operating procedures in cooperation and compliance of this chapter. This includes urging all federal, state, municipal and school district agencies to update their existing smoking control regulations to be consistent with the current health findings regarding secondhand smoke.

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