[Wright is right!]

"except those that derive at least 50 percent of their profits from liquor sales, or sell at least $200,000 worth of liquor each year, or sell liquor and have a separately ventilated area for smokers to dine, or have fewer than 50 seats."

If those were voluntary exceptions, I'd say they're pretty reasonable. That's a LOT of places exempt. Any chain restaurant, like Fridays. O'Charley's, Ruby Tuesdays, Outback, is going to sell over $200,000 in retail liquor sales per year, so they're exempt. They don't even have to have a separate vent system. Aunt Ethel's Diner is exempt, because it has fewer than 50 seats, as does any Waffle House. A Ruth Chris' Steak House MIGHT have trouble meeting the volume requirement, but I'd bet most places could slide in under one of those exemptions.

But still, it should be left to the owners of the restaurants to decide.

Michael

[Just another Joe]

If those were voluntary exceptions, I'd say they're pretty reasonable.

If they were voluntary exemptions we wouldn't be having any problems with it.