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. 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.
(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.