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~ i ORDINANCE N0. 1695 Page 2 (A) all or part of a building used for state or local governmental purposes; (B) a retail store, office, or other commercial establishment; (C) a grocery store; (D) a restaurant or cafeteria; (E) public school facilities; (F) a school bus; (G) a health care facility, including but not limited to laboratories associated with the rendition of health care treatment, hospitals, nursing homes, and doctors' and dentists' offices; (H) a theater, movie house, gymnasium, museum, auditorium, convention center, or arena; (I) a public means of mass transportation, including associated terminals; (J) a courtroom; (K) a jury waiting or deliberation room; (L) a library (M) a place of employment; (N) a place providing personal services; (0) a service line, cashier area, over-the-counter sales area, or common traffic area; (P) an elevator; (Q) a hotel or motel; or (R) a restroom; or (S) any area or building in which smoking is prohibited by state law. 3. "Smoke," "smokes," or "smoking" includes: (A) carrying or holding a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind or any other lighted smoking equipment or device; (B) lighting a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind or any other smoking equipment or device; or (C) emitting or exhaling the smoke of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind or any other smoking equipment of device. 4. "Employee" means a person who is employed by an employer in consideration for monetary compensation or profit. 5. "Employer" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity that employs one or more persons. 6. "Place of employment" means an enclosed, indoor area under the control of an employer to which employees have access during the course of employment, and includes work areas, employee lounges, employee rest rooms, conference rooms, and employee cafeterias. The term does not include a private residence. (b) Offense. 1. A person commits an offense if the person smokes at a public meeting or in a public place and the person is not in an area designated as a smoking area under subsection (d) of this ordinance. 2. It is an exception to the application of subsection 1 of this section that the person is smoking: (A) in a situation in which the person is present at an event in which an entire room or hall is used for a private social function;