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Whether the Bullitt County Board of Health had the authority to pass a countywide smoking ban is in the hands of Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, who heard from the board and representatives of the Fiscal Court objecting to the move Thursday.
- Bullitt Fiscal Court's Ban On Smoking In Public Buildings Negates Broader Health-board Ban; Case Worries Local Health Directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal)Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county fiscal court passed an ordinance Wednesday night that banned...
- Bullitt County Health Board Will Appeal Judge's Ruling Against Smoking Ban, With Financial Help From Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge's ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the board in Clark County, one of four where bans have been enacted by health boards instead...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...
- Bullitt County Health Board Votes To Make County Smoke-free; Fiscal Court Wants A Judge To Decide If A Board Has That Power
Bullitt County's board of health voted to enact a countywide smoking ban Tuesday evening, but the county's Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if the board has that authority. "This is not about the smoking ban," Judge-Executive Melanie...
- Survey Shows 75 Percent Of Bullitt County Residents Favor Smoking Ban; Measure To Be Considered Tomorrow
A survey found 75 percent of 400 Bullitt County residents would support a smoking ban in businesses. The numbers were released a day before the Bullitt County Board of Health is set to consider the ban, The Courier-Journal's Emily Hagedorn reports....
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Judge to decide if health board's smoking ban will stand in Bullitt County, as one did in Hopkins County
Whether the Bullitt County Board of Health had the authority to pass a countywide smoking ban is in the hands of Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, who heard from the board and representatives of the Fiscal Court objecting to the move Thursday.In March, the Board of Health passed a ban that would prohibit smoking in bars, restaurants and all public places, including some that are outside. It was supposed to go into effect in September.
But attorneys representing the Bullitt Fiscal Court said the health board has "overstepped its authority by enacting a policy that should have been handed down by a legislative body, such as a city council or Fiscal Court," The Courier-Journal's Charlie White reports.
Margaret Miller, who is helping to represent the board of health, cited the Kentucky statute, which gives boards of health the authority to adopt, implement and enforce regulations to protect people's health.
The Bullitt County Board of Health is not the first in Kentucky to enact such a ban. Health boards in Woodford, Hopkins, Madison and Clark counties did likewise. The move in Hopkins County did result in a legal battle, but the judge sided with the health department and the ruling was not appealed. (Read more)
- Bullitt Fiscal Court's Ban On Smoking In Public Buildings Negates Broader Health-board Ban; Case Worries Local Health Directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal)Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county fiscal court passed an ordinance Wednesday night that banned...
- Bullitt County Health Board Will Appeal Judge's Ruling Against Smoking Ban, With Financial Help From Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge's ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the board in Clark County, one of four where bans have been enacted by health boards instead...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...
- Bullitt County Health Board Votes To Make County Smoke-free; Fiscal Court Wants A Judge To Decide If A Board Has That Power
Bullitt County's board of health voted to enact a countywide smoking ban Tuesday evening, but the county's Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if the board has that authority. "This is not about the smoking ban," Judge-Executive Melanie...
- Survey Shows 75 Percent Of Bullitt County Residents Favor Smoking Ban; Measure To Be Considered Tomorrow
A survey found 75 percent of 400 Bullitt County residents would support a smoking ban in businesses. The numbers were released a day before the Bullitt County Board of Health is set to consider the ban, The Courier-Journal's Emily Hagedorn reports....