§ 6-60-806. Rules — Promulgation and enforcement authority
(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt reasonable rules that it determines necessary to carry out the purposes or facilitate the enforcement of this subchapter. (b) (1) The Division of Higher Education may enforce compliance with this subchapter and any rules promulgated under this subchapter by the board. (2) Under the rules of […]
§ 6-60-807. Penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
§ 6-60-801. Title
This subchapter shall be known as the “Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009”.
§ 6-60-802. Findings
The General Assembly finds that: (1) Scientific research data have shown that nonsmokers often receive damage to their health from the smoking of tobacco by others; (2) Smoking, directly or indirectly, is a major cause of preventable diseases and death; (3) Secondhand smoke can cause or contribute to lung cancer, heart disease, chronic lung ailments, […]
§ 6-60-803. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Campus” means all property, including buildings and grounds, that are owned or operated by a state-supported institution of higher education; (2) “E-cigarette” means an electronic oral device that provides a vapor of nicotine or other substance that, when used or inhaled, simulates smoking, including without limitation a device that: […]
§ 6-60-804. Prohibitions on smoking
(a) Smoking or the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited on each campus of state-supported institutions of higher education. (b) An individual or campus subject to the smoking prohibitions of this section shall not discriminate or retaliate in any manner against a person for making a complaint of a violation of this section or furnishing information […]
§ 6-60-805. Notice of prohibition of smoking
“No Smoking” signs or the international “No Smoking” symbol consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it may be clearly and conspicuously posted on each campus where smoking is prohibited by this subchapter.