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Butler County Community College is dedicated to providing a healthy, comfortable and productive environment for all employees, students and visitors. Therefore, smoking and the use of all tobacco and tobacco-related products, including, electronic cigarettes, are prohibited on all campuses and sites owned and/or leased by Butler County Community College and College vehicles effective July 1, 2009. This policy applies to all faculty, staff, students and visitors of Butler County Community College. Any violation of this policy may result in disciplinary action.
Ordinance No. 8 Tobacco-Free Campus
Section 1:
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the term used herein is defined as follows:
Tobacco: any genus of (Nicotiana tobacum) of chiefly tropical American plant of the nightshade family or any various similar plants of other genera.
Tobacco-Related Products: any product or products produced and/or prepared from the tobacco plant for, but is not limited to, smoking, chewing, or snuffing of the plant, its leaves, and/or its byproduct, which shall include, but is not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, snuffing, chewing Tobacco and/or Pipe Tobacco.
Electronic Smoking Devices: any devices used to vaporize a liquid or substance into an aerosol that the user inhales. These devices shall include, but are not limited to, vaporizers, vape pens, hookah, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes (E-Cigarettes), and e-pipes.
College Grounds and Property: any campus, site, and/or property that is owned and/or leased by Butler County Community College.
College Vehicle: any vehicle that is owned and/or leased by Butler County Community College.
Section 2: Offenses
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Smoke and/or use any tobacco and tobacco-related products, including, electronic cigarettes, on any campus and/or site owned and/or leased by Butler County Community College and in/on any College vehicle.
Section 3: Penalties
A. Any person found in violation of this ordinance will be subject to penalties as follows:
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For a first violation of this ordinance, the violating person shall be verbally informed of the Butler County Community College Tobacco-Free Policy and warned of the increased penalties for further violations.
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For a second violation of this ordinance, the violating person shall be fined $15.00 and will be verbally warned of the increased penalties for further violations.
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For third and subsequent violations of this policy, the violating person shall be fined $25.00 for each violation.
B. Employees found in violation of this ordinance will be subject to disciplinary action for College policy violation and the Executive Director of Human Resources/Equal Opportunity Compliance Officer will be notified. Students found in violation of this ordinance will be subject to the Student Code of Conduct for College policy violation and the Dean of Students will be notified. Visitors who continue to violate this ordinance may be asked to leave any campus and/or site owned and/or leased by Butler County Community College.
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