<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-3. - Smoking regulated in county buildings and vehicles.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Definition.</span> Smoking shall mean the inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying of a lighted pipe,
               cigar, cigarette or other combustible tobacco product.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Smoking prohibited in county buildings.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any building or facility or portion
               of a building or facility now or hereafter owned, leased, operated, occupied, managed
               or controlled by the county.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Smoking prohibited in county vehicles.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any vehicle now or hereafter owned
               or leased by the county, except as permitted by the Cleveland County Personnel Ordinance,
               which reads as follows: "unless all occupants are smokers and all are in consent."
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Exemptions.</span> This section shall not apply to the following:
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               (1)
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               Any private rental residence leased by the county.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Penalty.</span> Violation of this section shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount
               of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be recovered by the county. Violators shall be
               issued a written citation which must be paid to the county within seventy-two (72)
               hours. Violation of this section shall not constitute a misdemeanor or infraction
               punishable under G.S. 153A-123.
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               (f)
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               <span class="ital">Conflict of laws.</span> If any portion of this ordinance or the enforcement thereof is found to be preempted
               by state or federal law, such preemption shall not operate to invalidate the rest
               of the ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. All ordinances
               or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
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               (Ord. of 10-5-93, Â§Â§ 1â€”6)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Smoking policy, App. G.
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Authority to protect health, safety and welfare of county employees, G.S. 153A-121;
               authority to regulate the use of county property, G.S. 153A-169.
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