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House Journal: Page 471: Wednesday, March 4, 1998

Weigel	Welter 	Whitead 	Wise 
Witt	Van Maanen,
	  Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:

Bernau 	Corbett, Spkr.

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2120, a bill for an act prohibiting the use of
self-service displays in the offering for sale or sale of
cigarettes or tobacco products, providing a penalty, and
providing an effective date, with report of committee
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Hansen of Pottawattamie offered the following amendment H-8093
filed by the committee on state government and moved its
adoption:

H-8093

 1     Amend House File 2120 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 15, by striking the word
 3   "subsection" and inserting the following:
 4   "subsections".
 5     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 15 the
 6   following:
 7     "NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Carton" means a box or
 8   container of any kind in which ten or more packages or
 9   packs of cigarettes or tobacco products are offered
10   for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers.
11     NEW SUBSECTION.  15A.  "Package" or "pack" means a
12   container of any kind in which cigarettes or tobacco
13   products are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise
14   distributed to consumers."
15     3.  Page 1, by striking lines 24 through 33 and
16   inserting the following:
17     "1.  Beginning January 1, 1999, except as provided
18   in section 453A.36, subsection 6, a retailer shall not
19   sell or offer for sale cigarettes or tobacco products,
20   in a quantity of less than a carton, through the use
21   of a self-service display.
22     2.  Beginning July 1, 1999, except as provided in
23   section 453A.36, subsection 6, a retailer shall not
24   sell or offer for sale cigarettes or tobacco products,
25   in a quantity of a carton or less, through the use of
26   a self-service display.
27     3.  This section shall not be construed to prevent
28   the use of humidors or specially constructed areas for

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