What are the penalties for violating the smoking ban?
Penalties are established for individuals, for stand-alone bars and for establishments that are not stand-alone bars The penalties for establishments which are not stand-alone bars are:
First Violation: Civil penalty of not less than $250 and not to exceed $750; and
Subsequent Violations: Civil penalty of not less than $500 and not to exceed $2,000.
The penalties for stand-alone bars are:
First violation: Warning or a fine of up to $500, or both;
Second violation: If within 2 years of the first violation, a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000;