1. A. The possession of lighted tobacco in any form is a public nuisance and dangerous to public health when such possession is in any of the following places used by or open to the public:

   1. 1. Elevators;
   2. 2. Indoor movie theaters and other indoor theaters;
   3. 3. Libraries, art galleries, museums, indoor roller skating rinks of a permanent structure with permanent walls and concert halls; 4. Buses; and

   4. 5.

      1. a. All buildings, or portions thereof, owned or operated by this state shall be designated as nonsmoking; however, each building may have one designated smoking room. As used in this paragraph, "buildings" shall not include up to twenty-five percent (25%) of any hotel or motel rooms rented to guests and rooms associated with the facilities in which the rooms are located in which children under twenty-one (21) years of age are not allowed if the rooms are properly ventilated so that smoke is not circulated to nonsmoking areas.
      2. b. All buildings, or portions thereof, owned or operated by a county or municipal government, at the discretion of the county or municipal governing body, may be designated as entirely nonsmoking, may be designated as nonsmoking with one designated smoking room, or may remain under the smoking policy in effect on the effective date of this act.

      3. c. A smoking room as provided for in subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph:

         1. (1) shall not be used for the conduct of public business,
         2. (2) shall be in a location which is fully enclosed, directly exhausted to the outside, under negative air pressure so smoke cannot escape when a door is opened, and no air is recirculated to nonsmoking areas of the building. No smoking exhaust shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any air intake, and
         3. (3) shall be verified for compliance with the provisions of this paragraph by the Department of Central Services for state buildings, by a county entity designated by the board of county commissioners for county buildings, or by a municipal entity designated by the municipal governing body for municipal buildings.

      4. d. No smoking shall be allowed within twenty-five (25) feet of the entrance or exit of any building specified in this subsection.

         Provided, however, that in indoor movie theaters and other indoor theaters, libraries, art galleries, museums, indoor roller skating rinks of a permanent structure with permanent walls andconcert halls, certain areas separated from the principal room or rooms of the facility may be posted as "SMOKING PERMITTED" areas; provided further, that portions of buses may be posted "SMOKING PERMITTED" if such posting is pursuant to authorization by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or a city ordinance.

2. B. There shall be posted prominently in all public places included in subsection A of this section, a "NO SMOKING" sign or "NO SMOKING" signs in sufficient numbers as to be visible from all sections of the "no smoking" area.
3. C. "NO SMOKING" signs, as required by this act, shall be no smaller than eight (8) inches by ten (10) inches with lettering no smaller than one (1) inch. The letters shall be of contrasting colors to the sign.

4. D. Responsibility for posting "NO SMOKING" signs shall be as follows:

   1. 1. In privately owned facilities, the owner or lessee, if a lessee is in possession of the facilities, shall be responsible;
   2. 2. In corporately owned facilities, the manager and/or supervisor of the facility involved shall be responsible; and
   3. 3. In publicly owned facilities, the manager and/or supervisor of the facility shall be responsible.
5. E. Any person who knowingly violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

Laws 1975, HB 1009, c. 26, § 1, eff. September 1, 1975; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1553, c. 96, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 2002 (superseded document available).