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Rep. Ronald A. Wait
Filed: 2/23/2005
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LRB094 07461 RXD 41897 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 747
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 747 as follows:
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| on page 14, line 14, after "sale", by inserting "to and |
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| possession"; and
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| on page 14, line 14, by replacing "to" with "by
to"; and
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| on page 15, immediately below line 25, by inserting the |
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| following: |
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| "(d) It is not a violation of this Act for a person under |
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| 18 years of age to purchase or possess a cigar, cigarette, |
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| smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms if the person |
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| under the age of 18 purchases or is given the cigar, cigarette, |
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| smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms from a retail |
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| seller of tobacco products or an employee of the retail seller |
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| pursuant to a plan or action to investigate, patrol, or |
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| otherwise conduct a "sting operation" or enforcement action |
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| against a retail seller of tobacco products or a person |
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| employed by the retail seller of tobacco products or on any |
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| premises authorized to sell tobacco products to determine if |
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| tobacco products are being sold or given to persons under 18 |
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| years of age if the "sting operation" or enforcement action is |
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| approved by the Department of State Police, the county sheriff, |
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| a municipal police department, the Department of Public Health, |
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| or a local health department."; and
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