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SENATE BILL NO. 149 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws on March 1, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Edwards) A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-2830 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act; local regulation of smoking in outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by such locality.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.2-2830 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.2-2830. Optional provisions of ordinances.

If an ordinance is enacted by a locality in accordance with this chapter, it may provide that management shall designate reasonable no-smoking areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of the building, in the following places:

1. Retail and service establishments of 15,000 square feet or more serving the general public, including, but not limited to, department stores, grocery stores, drug stores, clothing stores, and shoe stores;

2. Educational facilities, except as provided in § 15.2-2824;

3. Health care facilities;

4. Rooms in which a public meeting or hearing is being held;

5. Places of entertainment and cultural facilities, including but not limited to theaters, concert halls, gymnasiums, auditoriums, other enclosed arenas, art galleries, libraries, and museums;

6. Indoor facilities used for recreational purposes; or

7. Other public places.

Such ordinance may also designate reasonable no-smoking areas within an outdoor amphitheater or concert venue owned by such locality.

2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2019 Session of the General Assembly.