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Senate Amendment 3047

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 110 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
  1  3 inserting the following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 453A.2, subsections 1, 2, and
  1  5 4, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1  6    1.  A person shall not sell, give, or otherwise
  1  7 supply any tobacco, tobacco products, or cigarettes to
  1  8 any person under eighteen twenty-one years of age.  A
  1  9 person who sells, gives, or otherwise supplies any
  1 10 tobacco, tobacco products, or cigarettes to any person
  1 11 shall require proof of age in the form of photographic
  1 12 identification if a reasonable person could conclude
  1 13 on the basis of outward appearance that a prospective
  1 14 recipient may be under twenty-five years of age.
  1 15    2.  A person under eighteen twenty-one years of age
  1 16 shall not smoke, use, possess, purchase, or attempt to
  1 17 purchase any tobacco, tobacco products, or
  1 18 cigarettes."
  1 19    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 7 the
  1 20 following:
  1 21    "Sec.    .  Section 453A.13, subsections 2, 3, and
  1 22 4, Code 1997, are amended by striking the subsections
  1 23 and renumbering the subsequent subsections, and
  1 24 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1 25    2.  Issuance or denial.
  1 26    a.  The department shall issue state permits to
  1 27 distributors, wholesalers, and cigarette vendors
  1 28 subject to the conditions provided in this division.
  1 29    b.  The department or the Iowa department of public
  1 30 health, as applicable, may deny the issuance of a
  1 31 permit to a distributor, wholesaler, vendor, or
  1 32 retailer who is substantially delinquent in the
  1 33 payment of a tax due, or the interest or penalty on
  1 34 the tax, administered by the department at the time of
  1 35 application.  If the applicant is a partnership, a
  1 36 permit may be denied if a partner is substantially
  1 37 delinquent on any delinquent tax, penalty, or
  1 38 interest.  If the applicant is a corporation, a permit
  1 39 may be denied if any officer having a substantial
  1 40 legal or equitable interest in the ownership of the
  1 41 corporation owes any delinquent tax, interest, or
  1 42 penalty of the applicant corporation.
  1 43    3.  Fees – expiration.  All permits provided for
  1 44 in this division shall expire on June 30 of each year.
  1 45 A  permit shall not be granted or issued until the
  1 46 applicant has paid for the period ending June 30 next,
  1 47 to the department or the Iowa department of public
  1 48 health, the fees provided for in this division.
  1 49    a.  The annual state permit fee for a distributor,
  1 50 cigarette vendor, and wholesaler is one hundred
  2  1 dollars when the permit is granted during the months
  2  2 of July, August, or September.  However, whenever a
  2  3 state permit holder operates more than one place of
  2  4 business, a duplicate state permit shall be issued for
  2  5 each additional place of business on payment of five
  2  6 dollars for each duplicate state permit, but refunds
  2  7 as provided in this division do not apply to any
  2  8 duplicate permit issued.
  2  9    b.  The fee for retail permits which are to be
  2 10 issued by the Iowa department of public health is as
  2 11 follows:
  2 12    (1)  For establishments located within the
  2 13 corporate limits of cities of ten thousand population
  2 14 and over the following:
  2 15    (a)  For establishments of less than fifteen
  2 16 hundred square feet, one hundred twenty-five dollars.
  2 17    (b)  For establishments of fifteen hundred square
  2 18 feet but less than two thousand square feet, one
  2 19 hundred seventy-five dollars.
  2 20    (c)  For establishments of two thousand square feet
  2 21 but less than five thousand square feet, two hundred
  2 22 fifty dollars.
  2 23    (d)  For establishments of five thousand square
  2 24 feet or more, three hundred seventy-five dollars.
  2 25    (2)  For establishments located within the
  2 26 corporate limits of cities of over fifteen hundred and
  2 27 less than ten thousand population the following:
  2 28    (a)  For establishments of less than fifteen
  2 29 hundred square feet, seventy-five dollars.
  2 30    (b)  For establishments of fifteen hundred square
  2 31 feet but less than two thousand square feet, one
  2 32 hundred twenty-five dollars.
  2 33    (c)  For establishments of two thousand square feet
  2 34 but less than five thousand square feet, one hundred
  2 35 seventy-five dollars.
  2 36    (d)  For establishments of five thousand square
  2 37 feet or more, two hundred fifty dollars.
  2 38    (3)  For establishments located within the
  2 39 corporate limits of cities of fifteen hundred
  2 40 population or less the following:
  2 41    (a)  For establishments of less than fifteen
  2 42 hundred square feet, thirty-five dollars and fifty
  2 43 cents.
  2 44    (b)  For establishments of fifteen hundred square
  2 45 feet but less than two thousand square feet, seventy-
  2 46 five dollars.
  2 47    (c)  For establishments of two thousand square feet
  2 48 but less than five thousand square feet, one hundred
  2 49 twenty-five dollars.
  2 50    (d)  For establishments of five thousand square
  3  1 feet or more, one hundred seventy-five dollars.
  3  2    (4)  For establishments located outside the
  3  3 corporate limits of any city, a sum equal to that
  3  4 charged in the incorporated city located nearest the
  3  5 premises to be permitted, and in case there is doubt
  3  6 as to which of two or more differing corporate limits
  3  7 is the nearest, the fee which is the largest shall
  3  8 prevail.  However, if an establishment is located in
  3  9 an unincorporated town, for purposes of this
  3 10 subsection the unincorporated town shall be treated as
  3 11 if it is a city.
  3 12    Sec.    .  Section 453A.22, subsections 1 and 2,
  3 13 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  3 14    1.  If a person holding a permit issued by the
  3 15 department or the Iowa department of public health
  3 16 under this division, including a retailer permit for
  3 17 railway car, has willfully violated section 453A.2,
  3 18 the department shall revoke the permit upon notice and
  3 19 hearing.  If the person violates any other provision
  3 20 of this division, or a rule adopted under this
  3 21 division, or is substantially delinquent in the
  3 22 payment of a tax administered by the department or the
  3 23 interest or penalty on the tax, or if the person is a
  3 24 corporation and if any officer having a substantial
  3 25 legal or equitable interest in the ownership of the
  3 26 corporation owes any delinquent tax of the permit-
  3 27 holding corporation, or interest or penalty on the
  3 28 tax, administered by the department, the department
  3 29 may revoke the permit issued to the person, after
  3 30 giving the permit holder an opportunity to be heard
  3 31 upon ten days' written notice stating the reason for
  3 32 the contemplated revocation and the time and place at
  3 33 which the person may appear and be heard.  The hearing
  3 34 before the department may be held at a site in the
  3 35 state as the department may direct.  The notice shall
  3 36 be given by mailing a copy to the permit holder's
  3 37 place of business as it appears on the application for
  3 38 a permit.  If, upon hearing, the department finds that
  3 39 the violation has occurred, the department may revoke
  3 40 the permit.
  3 41    2.  If a retailer or employee of a retailer has
  3 42 violated section 453A.2, 453A.36, subsection 6, or
  3 43 453A.39, the department or local authority, in
  3 44 addition to the other penalties fixed for such
  3 45 violations in this section, shall assess a penalty
  3 46 upon the same hearing and notice as prescribed in
  3 47 subsection 1 as follows:
  3 48    a.  For a first violation, the violator shall be
  3 49 assessed a civil penalty in the amount of three
  3 50 hundred dollars.  Failure to pay the civil penalty as
  4  1 ordered under this subsection shall result in
  4  2 automatic suspension of the permit for a period of
  4  3 fourteen days.
  4  4    b.  For a second violation within a period of two
  4  5 years, the violator's permit shall be suspended for a
  4  6 period of thirty days.
  4  7    c.  For a third violation within a period of five
  4  8 years, the violator's permit shall be suspended for a
  4  9 period of sixty days revoked.
  4 10    d.  For a fourth violation within a period of five
  4 11 years, the violator's permit shall be revoked.
  4 12    Sec.    .  Section 453A.23, subsections 1 and 3,
  4 13 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  4 14    1.  Subject to this division, a retailer's permit
  4 15 may be issued by the Iowa department of public health
  4 16 to any dining car company, sleeping car company,
  4 17 railroad or railway company.  The permit shall
  4 18 authorize the holder to keep for sale, and sell,
  4 19 cigarettes at retail on any dining car, sleeping car,
  4 20 or passenger car operated by the applicant in,
  4 21 through, or across the state of Iowa, subject to all
  4 22 of the restrictions imposed upon retailers under this
  4 23 division.  The application for the permit shall be in
  4 24 the form and contain the information required by the
  4 25 director.  Each permit is good throughout the state.
  4 26 Only one permit is required for all cars operated in
  4 27 this state by the applicant, but a duplicate of the
  4 28 permit shall be posted in each car in which cigarettes
  4 29 are sold and no further permit shall be required or
  4 30 tax levied for the privilege of selling cigarettes in
  4 31 the cars.  No cigarettes shall be sold in the cars
  4 32 without having affixed thereto stamps evidencing the
  4 33 payment of the tax as provided in this division.
  4 34    3.  The annual fee for a retailer's permit for
  4 35 railway cars shall be twenty-five dollars and two
  4 36 dollars for each duplicate thereof, which fee shall be
  4 37 paid to the department.  The Iowa department of public
  4 38 health shall issue duplicates of such permits from
  4 39 time to time as applied for by such companies.
  4 40    Sec.    .  Section 453A.35, Code 1997, is amended
  4 41 to read as follows:
  4 42    453A.35  TAX AND FEES PAID TO GENERAL FUND.
  4 43    The proceeds derived from the sale of stamps and
  4 44 the payment of taxes, fees and penalties provided for
  4 45 under this chapter, and the permit fees received from
  4 46 all permits issued by the department, shall be
  4 47 credited to the general fund of the state.  All permit
  4 48 fees provided for in this chapter and collected by
  4 49 cities in the issuance of permits granted by the
  4 50 cities shall be paid to the treasurer of the city
  5  1 where the permit is effective, or to another city
  5  2 officer as designated by the council, and credited to
  5  3 the general fund of the city.  Permit fees so
  5  4 collected by counties shall be paid to the county
  5  5 treasurer. The proceeds derived from the payment of
  5  6 retail permit fees and penalties received from all
  5  7 permits issued by the Iowa department of public health
  5  8 shall be credited to the general fund of the state and
  5  9 are appropriated to the Iowa department of public
  5 10 health for programs related to cigarette, tobacco, and
  5 11 tobacco products-related programs.
  5 12    Sec.    .  Section 453A.39, subsection 2,
  5 13 paragraphs a and b, Code 1997, are amended to read as
  5 14 follows:
  5 15    a.  A manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler,
  5 16 retailer, or distributing agent or agent thereof shall
  5 17 not give away any cigarettes or tobacco products to
  5 18 any person under eighteen twenty-one years of age, or
  5 19 within five hundred feet of any playground, school,
  5 20 high school, or other facility when such facility is
  5 21 being used primarily by persons under age eighteen
  5 22 twenty-one for recreational, educational, or other
  5 23 purposes.
  5 24    b.  Proof of age in the form of photographic
  5 25 identification shall be required if a reasonable
  5 26 person could conclude on the basis of outward
  5 27 appearance that a prospective recipient of a sample
  5 28 may be under eighteen twenty-five years of age."
  5 29    #3.  Page 1, line 17, by striking the word
  5 30 "eighteen" and inserting the following:  "twenty-one".
  5 31    #4.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
  5 32 word "Act" the following:  "relating to cigarettes,
  5 33 tobacco, and tobacco products including".
  5 34    #5.  Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
  5 35 word "provision" the following:  "providing for the
  5 36 issuance of retail cigarette permits and collection of
  5 37 permit fees by the Iowa department of public health,
  5 38 increasing the age of a minor to twenty-one years of
  5 39 age or younger and providing penalties."
  5 40    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
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  5 42 
  5 43                               
  5 44 ROD HALVORSON
  5 45 SF 110.202 77
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