Section 7596 Of Chapter 32. Smoking In Public Buildings From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 32.
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. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Public building" means a building owned and occupied, or
leased and occupied, by the state, a county, a city, a city and
county, or a California community college district.
(1) "Inside a public building" includes all indoor areas of the
building, except for covered parking lots and residential space.
"Inside a public building" also includes any indoor space leased to
the state, county, or city, except for covered parking lots and
residential space.
(2) "Residential space" means a private living area, but it does
not include common areas such as lobbies, lounges, waiting areas,
elevators, stairwells, and restrooms that are a structural part of a
multicomplex building such as a dormitory.
(3) (A) "Covered parking lot" means an area designated for the
parking of vehicles that is enclosed or contains a roof or ceiling.
"Covered parking lot" does not include lobbies, lounges, waiting
areas, elevators, stairwells, and restrooms that are a structural
part of the parking lot or a building to which it is attached.
(B) The application of this subparagraph shall not supersede or
render inapplicable permitted smoking of tobacco products under this
chapter within any other part of a covered parking lot not
specifically listed in subparagraph (1).
(b) "State" or "state agency" means a state agency, as defined
pursuant to Section 11000, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and the
courts of appeal, and each campus of the California State University
and the University of California.
(c) "Public employee" means an employee of a state agency or an
employee of a county or city.