Text: HF02119 Text: HF02121 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2120 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROHIBITING THE USE OF SELF-SERVICE DISPLAYS IN THE OFFERING 1 5 FOR SALE OR SALE OF CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND 1 6 PROVIDING A PENALTY. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 1 11 general assembly to restrict access of minors to cigarettes 1 12 and tobacco products by limiting self-service sales and self- 1 13 service displays of cigarettes and tobacco products. This Act 1 14 is necessary because of the widespread problem of access of 1 15 minors to cigarettes and tobacco products through unsupervised 1 16 sales and shoplifting. The general assembly recognizes that a 1 17 large percentage of adult smokers begin smoking before they 1 18 can legally purchase tobacco products. Cigarette smoking is 1 19 responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and 1 20 thousands of minors start smoking each day. The overall 1 21 purpose of this Act is to protect the health and welfare of 1 22 the citizens of this state. 1 23 Sec. 2. Section 453A.1, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 24 the following new subsections: 1 25 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Carton" means a box or container of 1 26 any kind in which ten or more packages or packs of cigarettes 1 27 or tobacco products are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise 1 28 distributed to consumers. 1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 15A. "Package" or "pack" means a 1 30 container of any kind in which cigarettes or tobacco products 1 31 are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to 1 32 consumers. 1 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 20A. "Self-service display" means any 1 34 manner of product display, placement, or storage from which a 1 35 person purchasing the product may take possession of the 2 1 product, prior to purchase, without assistance from the 2 2 retailer or employee of the retailer, in removing the product 2 3 from a restricted access location. 2 4 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 453A.36A SELF-SERVICE SALES 2 5 PROHIBITED. 2 6 1. Beginning January 1, 1999, except as provided in 2 7 section 453A.36, subsection 6, a retailer shall not sell or 2 8 offer for sale cigarettes or tobacco products, in a quantity 2 9 of less than a carton, through the use of a self-service 2 10 display. 2 11 2. Violation of this section by a holder of a retail 2 12 permit is grounds for revocation of such permit. 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 RON J. CORBETT 2 17 Speaker of the House 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 MARY E. KRAMER 2 22 President of the Senate 2 23 2 24 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 25 is known as House File 2120, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 2 30 Chief Clerk of the House 2 31 Approved , 1998 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 1 Governor
Text: HF02119 Text: HF02121 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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