Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 5.43 Tobacco Users Fee

The following terms when used herein with initial capital letters, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following respective meanings:

A.

"Participant" means any employee who is a participant in the Plan.

B.

"Plan" means the county of Los Angeles Flexible Benefit Plan set forth in Chapter 5.27 of this Code.

C.

"Tobacco User" means a Participant who uses any form of tobacco within the periods designated in this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, each Participant shall be deemed to be a Tobacco User unless he submits written certification to the contrary. Such certification shall be submitted in accordance with instructions issued by the chief administrative officer.

(Ord. 92-0103 § 2 (part), 1992.)

Any Participant who is a Tobacco User at any time during the 12-month period preceding his annual benefit election under the Plan shall pay the County a fee of $20.00 per month. Such fee shall be collected by payroll deduction and shall commence on the payday occurring on or about the fifteenth of January following said benefit election. In the case of a new Participant, such fee shall become payable on the first payday on which the Participant receives a County contribution to the Plan.

(Ord. 2008-0073 § 8, 2008: Ord. 92-0103 § 2 (part), 1992.)