Article: Panel reviews smoking ban effort: Kaine's push to develop a definition of restaurant could help him tailor a new smoking proposal.

Byline: Michael Sluss

Jul. 11--RICHMOND -- A state legislative commission on Tuesday waded into the debate over banning smoking in restaurants, seeking consensus on an issue that has divided lawmakers for the past two years.

The General Assembly's Joint Commission on Administrative Rules briefly reviewed an ongoing effort by Gov. Tim Kaine's administration to craft a new state code definition for restaurants. That effort could be a first step toward a proposed restaurant smoking ban, which Kaine has all but promised to pursue in 2008.

Anticipating such a proposal, members of the legislative commission said they want to understand all they can ...

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