(1) No employer or other person in charge of a public place or publicly-owned building or office shall knowingly or intentionally permit the smoking of tobacco products in violation of this chapter.
(2)  Any employer or other person in charge of a public place or publicly-owned building or office who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is guilty of an infraction and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).

Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-5506

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Employer: means any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or nonprofit entity that employs one (1) or more persons, including the legislative, executive and judicial branches of state government; any county, city, or any other political subdivision of the state; or any other separate unit of state or local government. See Idaho Code 39-5502
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
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  • Public place: means any enclosed indoor place of business, commerce, banking, financial service or other service-related activity, whether publicly or privately owned and whether operated for profit or not, to which persons not employed at the public place have general and regular access or which the public uses including:
  • Idaho Code 39-5502
  • Publicly-owned building or office: means any enclosed indoor place or portion of a place owned, leased or rented by any state, county or municipal government, or by any agency supported by appropriation of, or by contracts or grants from, funds derived from the collection of federal, state, municipal or county taxes. See Idaho Code 39-5502
  • Smoking: includes the possession of any lighted tobacco product in any form. See Idaho Code 39-5502
  • (3)  Any employer who discharges or in any manner discriminates against an employee because that employee has made a complaint or has given information to the department of health and welfare or the department of labor pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation.