Year: 2008
Resolution Number: 74
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Srinivas B. Mukkamala, MD
Sponsor: Srinivas B. Mukkamala, MD
On behalf of: Genesee County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That, if comprehensive statewide legislation to ban smoking in all worksites including bars and restaurants is not enacted, MSMS aggressively pursue legislation to repeal the preemption legislation that does not allow counties and cities to have more restrictive smoking legislation than the state has approved; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS encourage every county medical society to pass a similar resolution internally to call for a repeal of the preemption legislation that does not allow counties and cities to have more restrictive smoking legislation than the state has approved and seek support of other organizations with whom they interact to do the same to create a massive ground-swell of support.
RESOLVED: That, if comprehensive statewide legislation to ban smoking in all worksites including bars and restaurants is not enacted, MSMS aggressively pursue legislation to repeal the preemption legislation that does not allow counties and cities to have more restrictive smoking legislation than the state has approved; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS encourage every county medical society to pass a similar resolution internally to call for a repeal of the preemption legislation that does not allow counties and cities to have more restrictive smoking legislation than the state has approved and seek support of other organizations with whom they interact to do the same to create a massive ground-swell of support.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Repeal Preemption Legislation on Smoking