LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 4, as amended, Oropeza. Public resources: state beaches and
parks: smoking ban.
(1) Existing law makes it an infraction for a person to smoke a
cigarette, cigar, or other tobacco-related product within 25 feet of
a playground or tot lot sandbox area.
This bill would make it an infraction for a person to smoke, as
defined, a pipe, cigar, or cigarette on a state coastal beach or in a
unit of the state park system, as defined , except as specified
. The bill would require that the ban on smoking be in effect
in units of the state park system only if the district superintendent
of the state park system has posted an order in accordance with
state park regulations policy that prohibits smoking in those areas,
and public notice of the proposed order has been provided for at
least 30 days. The bill would establish a state-mandated local
program by creating a new crime.
This bill would permit the Department of Parks and Recreation or
another relevant state agency to develop and post signs at a state
coastal beach or a unit of the state park system to provide notice of
the smoking prohibition. The bill would require the smoking
prohibition to be enforced only after signs have been posted alerting
the public of the prohibition, but would authorize warnings to be
given before signs have been posted.
The bill would state the intent of the Legislature with regard to
the enforcement of these prohibitions.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.