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 Washington County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 2-2. Tobacco use in County-owned or County-leased buildings and in County vehicles prohibited.  

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  • (a)

    Tobacco use is prohibited in all buildings owned or building spaces leased by the County government.

    (b)

    Tobacco use is prohibited in County-owned vehicles.

    (c)

    Definitions .

    (1)

    County building means any enclosed, indoor area which is owned, leased, or controlled by the County including, but not limited to, offices or other work areas, restrooms, and rooms in which a public meeting, hearing, or other official proceeding open to the public is in progress.

    (2)

    County vehicle means any motor vehicle or road equipment owned or controlled by the County.

    (3)

    Tobacco use means holding a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, or lighting, or emitting or exhaling the smoke of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind, and includes use of any tobacco product and electronic cigarettes.

    (d)

    Signs shall be posted at each public entrance informing both employees and the public that tobacco use is prohibited.

    (e)

    The County may provide tobacco use education and cessation programs during work hours for employees wishing to stop tobacco use. This is an effort to promote a healthy attitude about the benefits of not using tobacco.

    (f)

    No employee who makes a formal complaint regarding tobacco use or rules governing tobacco use shall be subject to discrimination or termination.

    (g)

    Enforcement . The County Judge shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this section.

    (h)

    Penalty . The violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), except that an inadvertent first offender may be given a warning. Each day a violation of this section continues shall be a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 96-37, Arts. 1—8, 10-10-96; Ord. No. 2014-70, Art. 1, 11-20-14; Ord. No. 2016-39, Art. 1, 6-20-16)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 96-37, Arts. 1—8, adopted October 10, 1996, did not specifically amend the Code; hence, inclusion herein as § 2-2 was at the discretion of the editor.