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TO AMEND SECTION 44-95-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC AREAS WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED, SO AS TO ALSO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN ANY PUBLIC OUTDOOR GATED ATHLETIC EVENT AND WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE FEET OUTSIDE OF SUCH EVENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-95-20 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an undesignated paragraph at the end:
"It is also unlawful for a person to smoke or possess lighted smoking material in any form in a public outdoor gated athletic event or within twenty-five feet of any entrance to such an event. For purposes of this section, 'gated athletic event' means an athletic event at which there are limited and specifically designated points of entry into the event."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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