Rep. Ronald A. Wait

Filed: 2/23/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 747

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 747 as follows:
 
3 on page 14, line 14, after "sale", by inserting "to and
4 possession"; and
 
5 on page 14, line 14, by replacing "to" with "by to"; and
 
6 on page 15, immediately below line 25, by inserting the
7 following:
8     "(d) It is not a violation of this Act for a person under
9 18 years of age to purchase or possess a cigar, cigarette,
10 smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms if the person
11 under the age of 18 purchases or is given the cigar, cigarette,
12 smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms from a retail
13 seller of tobacco products or an employee of the retail seller
14 pursuant to a plan or action to investigate, patrol, or
15 otherwise conduct a "sting operation" or enforcement action
16 against a retail seller of tobacco products or a person
17 employed by the retail seller of tobacco products or on any
18 premises authorized to sell tobacco products to determine if
19 tobacco products are being sold or given to persons under 18
20 years of age if the "sting operation" or enforcement action is
21 approved by the Department of State Police, the county sheriff,
22 a municipal police department, the Department of Public Health,
23 or a local health department."; and
 

 

 

09400HB0747ham001 - 2 - LRB094 07461 RXD 41897 a

1 on page 17, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
2 following:
3     "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.".