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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0153\">153<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0154\">154<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348140,"identifier":"15.2-2823","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2823","url":"\/15.2-2823\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2823\/","token":"15.2\/II\/28.2\/1\/15.2-2823","dublin_core":{"Title":"Smoking in public buildings or facilities; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2823","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The Commonwealth or any agency thereof and every <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> shall provide reasonable no-<span class=\"dictionary\">smoking<\/span> areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of the building, in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof or a <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1298424\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2823\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to office, work, or other areas of the Department of Corrections that are not entered by the general public in the normal course of business or use of the premises. <a id=\"paragraph-1298425\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-2823\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSMOKING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR FACILITIES; EXCEPTION (\u00a7 15.2-2823)\n\nA. The Commonwealth or any agency thereof and every locality shall provide\nreasonable no-smoking areas, considering the nature of the use and the size of\nthe building, in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency\nthereof or a locality.\n\nB. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to office, work, or other\nareas of the Department of Corrections that are not entered by the general\npublic in the normal course of business or use of the premises.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 153, 154.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}