1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; creating an exception to the Clean Indoor Air Act; allowing 
1.3 	employee smoking rooms under certain conditions;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2008, section 144.4167, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.4167, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Employee smoking rooms. (a) Sections 144.414 to 144.417 do not 
1.9 	prohibit smoking by employees in a designated smoking room, provided no common door 
1.10 	exists between the place of employment and the smoking room.
1.11 	(b) A smoking room that satisfies the conditions in paragraph (a) may be heated and 
1.12 	cooled, may have a roof and four walls, and may share a common wall with the place of 
1.13 	employment.