2007-0031
INTRODUCED BY: APRIL BLACK, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
"DICKIE" DUHE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VI
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Chapter 13, Article IX., Clean Indoor Air, Sec. 13-654. Restrictions on smoking in parish-owned/operated facilities, to revise item (a) and to delete Exhibit "A".
Body
WHEREAS, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed into law Act No. 815, Louisiana Smokefree Air Act to take effect on January 1, 2007;and,
WHEREAS, Act No. 815 revises the Louisiana State Statues relative to prohibiting and penalizing smoking in certain places, to provide relative to the preservation and improvement of the health, comfort and environmental of the people of the Sate by limiting exposure to tobacco smoke and to prohibit smoking in public buildings.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 13, Article IX., Clean Indoor Air Sec. 13-654 Restrictions on smoking in parish-owned/operated facilities, (a) Smoking Prohibited be amended so that such Section shall read as follows:
(a) Smoking Prohibited: The possession of lighted smoking materials is prohibited in all portions of parish-owned/operated facilities and within 50 feet of any exterior door of parish-owned/operated facilities and no smoking permitted on the front veranda of the Courthouse Building. These facilities may include but are not limited to:
Items 1-8, (b) 1-5 to remain as first written
SECTION II. That Chapter 13, Article IX., Clean Indoor Air (Sec. 13-657 Education), Exhibit "A" is hereby deleted.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this_____ day of ____________, 2007 to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
clean indoor air act - revised Ram
CHAIRMAN: _________________________________
SECRETARY: ________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT: ____________________
APPROVED: ________ DISAPPROVED: __________
PARISH PRESIDENT: _________________________
RETD/SECRETARY: __________________________
AT: _______________ RECD BY: ________________