Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 1 > Division 7 > Chapter 32 - Smoking in Public Buildings

• Covered parking lot: means an area designated for the parking of vehicles that is enclosed or contains a roof or ceiling. See California Government Code 7596
• Inside a public building: includes all indoor areas of the building, except for covered parking lots and residential space. See California Government Code 7596
• Public building: means a building owned and occupied, or leased and occupied, by the state, a county, a city, a city and county, or a California community college district. See California Government Code 7596
• Public employee: means an employee of a state agency or an employee of a county or city. See California Government Code 7596
• Residential space: means a private living area, but it does not include common areas such as lobbies, lounges, waiting areas, elevators, stairwells, and restrooms that are a structural part of a multicomplex building such as a dormitory. See California Government Code 7596
• state agency: means a state agency, as defined pursuant to Section 11000, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal, and each campus of the California State University and the University of California. See California Government Code 7596