A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AUTHORIZING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT LAWS, RULES, OR ORDINANCES REGULATING SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑601 is repealed.
SECTION 2.  Article 64 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"§ 143‑602.  Local governments may regulate smoking in public places.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article to the contrary, a local government may adopt an ordinance, law, or rule regulating smoking in public places."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.