(at the request of Senate Interim Committee on Consumer Protection for Fire Safe Cigarette Coalition)
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Bill Title:
Relating to cigarettes; declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Creates Task Force on Cigarette Sales to study issues relating to sales and other means of supplying cigarettes to and by retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers.Creates standard for fire-safe cigarettes. Requires State Fire Marshal to determine whether cigarette variety meets standard for fire-safe cigarettes. Requires State Fire Marshal to publish and distribute list of fire-safe cigarette varieties beginning no later than January 1, 2008.]
Prohibits distribution or offer to sell cigarette unless cigarette is of variety State Fire Marshal has determined to be fire-safe. Makes violation by person distributing or offering to sell cigarettes to wholesaler or retailer subject to civil penalty not to exceed greater of $10,000 or five times value of cigarettes. Makes civil penalty applicable to distributions or offers to sell occurring on or after March 1, 2008. Makes violations by person distributing or offering to sell cigarettes to public subject to civil penalty not to exceed $500 for violation involving not more than 1,000 cigarettes and not to exceed greater of $1,000 or five times value of cigarettes for violation involving more than 1,000 cigarettes. Makes civil penalty applicable to distributions or offers to sell occurring on or after July 1, 2008.]
Prohibits cigarette packages or cartons that bear device indicating cigarettes are fire-safe if cigarettes are not variety determined by State Fire Marshal to be fire-safe. Makes prohibition operative March 1, 2008.]
Creates Task Force on Cigarette Sales to study issues relating to sales and other means of supplying cigarettes to and by retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers.
Sunsets on convening of next regular biennial legislative session.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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May Have Fiscal Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
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