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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79209</law_id><section_number>15.2-2833</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement of ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Regulation of Smoking</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may provide a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of not more than $25 for violations of any provision of such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. <a id="paragraph-283639" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2833/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may provide that no person shall <span class="dictionary">smoke</span> in a designated no-<span class="dictionary">smoking</span> area and any person who continues to <span class="dictionary">smoke</span> in such area after being asked to refrain from <span class="dictionary">smoking</span> may be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of not more than $25. <a id="paragraph-283640" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2833/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall provide that any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> regarding a violation of the <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. <a id="paragraph-283641" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2833/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the treasury of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> where the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> occurred and shall be expended solely for public health purposes. <a id="paragraph-283642" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2833/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2009, cc. 153, 154.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
