Montana Code Annotated 1999

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     50-40-104. Designation or reservation of smoking or nonsmoking areas -- notice. (1) The proprietor or manager of an enclosed public place shall:
     (a) designate nonsmoking areas with easily readable signs;
     (b) reserve a part of the public place for nonsmokers and post easily readable signs designating a smoking area;
     (c) designate the entire area as a smoking area by posting a sign that is clearly visible to the public stating this designation; or
     (d) designate and reserve the entire area as a nonsmoking area.
     (2) The proprietor or manager of an establishment containing enclosed public places shall post a sign in a conspicuous place at all public entrances to the establishment stating, in a manner that can be easily read and understood, whether or not areas within the establishment have been reserved for nonsmokers.
     (3) The proprietor or manager of an establishment containing both a restaurant and a tavern, in which some patrons choose to eat their meals in the tavern, is not required by this part to post a sign described in subsection (2) in the tavern area of the establishment.
     (4) The proprietor or manager of an intrastate bus that is not chartered shall prohibit smoking in all parts of the bus.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 368, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 460, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 505, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 458, L. 1989; (4)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 281, L. 1991.

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