Consumer Protection Committee
Filed: 3/3/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 604




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 604 on page 18, by 
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replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following:
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        "(1) within a retail establishment selling tobacco 
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    products, unless the retailer has verified the purchaser's 
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    age with a government issued identification;"; and
  
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by replacing lines 8 through 11 with the following:


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    "This subsection (a-7) does not apply to the distribution 
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of a tobacco product sample in any adult-only facility."; and
 
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on page 18, by inserting immediately below line 12 the 
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following:
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        ""Adult-only facility means  a facility or restricted 
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    area (whether open-air or enclosed) where the operator 
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    ensures or has a reasonable basis to believe (such as by 
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    checking identification as required under State law, or by 
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    checking the identification of any person appearing to be 
 


 






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    under the age of 27) that no person under legal age is 
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    present. A facility or restricted area need not be 
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    permanently restricted to persons under legal age to 
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    constitute an adult-only facility,  provided that the 
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    operator ensures or has a reasonable basis to believe that 
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    no person under legal age is present during the event or 
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    time period in question.".