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A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
use
by
any
student
enrolled
in
a
school
1
district
and
use
on
school
grounds
of
nicotine
products
and
2
providing
restrictions
for
violation
of
the
prohibition.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.9,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.9
Use
of
tobacco,
alcoholic
beverages,
or
controlled
3
substances.
4
1.
The
rules
shall
prohibit
the
use
of
tobacco
,
including
5
nicotine
products,
and
the
use
or
possession
of
alcoholic
6
liquor,
wine,
or
beer
or
any
controlled
substance
as
defined
in
7
section
124.101,
subsection
5
,
by
any
student
of
the
schools
,
8
and
the
or
by
anyone
on
school
grounds,
is
prohibited.
The
9
school
board
may
suspend
or
expel
a
student
for
a
violation
10
of
a
rule
under
this
section
.
The
school
board
may
remove
a
11
person
for
violation
of
this
section
and
may
bar
the
person’s
12
future
presence
on
school
grounds
for
such
violation.
13
2.
As
used
in
this
section,
“nicotine
product”
means
any
14
product
containing
nicotine
or
any
other
preparation
of
tobacco
15
not
described
in
section
453A.1,
and
any
product
or
formulation
16
of
matter
containing
biologically
active
amounts
of
nicotine
17
that
is
manufactured,
sold,
offered
for
sale,
or
otherwise
18
distributed
with
the
expectation
that
the
product
or
matter
19
will
be
introduced
into
the
human
body.
“Nicotine
product”
does
20
not
include
any
cessation
product
specifically
approved
by
the
21
United
States
food
and
drug
administration
for
use
in
reducing,
22
treating,
or
eliminating
nicotine
or
tobacco
dependence.
23
EXPLANATION
24
This
bill
provides
that
the
use
of
nicotine
products
by
any
25
student,
or
by
anyone
on
school
grounds,
is
prohibited.
For
26
a
violation
of
the
provision,
the
school
board
may
suspend
or
27
expel
a
student,
may
remove
a
person,
and
may
bar
the
person’s
28
future
presence
on
school
grounds.
29
The
bill
defines
“nicotine
product”
as
any
product
30
containing
nicotine
or
any
other
preparation
of
tobacco
31
not
described
in
Code
section
453A.1,
and
any
product
or
32
formulation
of
matter
containing
biologically
active
amounts
33
of
nicotine
that
is
manufactured,
sold,
offered
for
sale,
or
34
otherwise
distributed
with
the
expectation
that
the
product
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or
matter
will
be
introduced
into
the
human
body.
“Nicotine
1
product”
does
not
include
any
cessation
product
specifically
2
approved
by
the
United
States
food
and
drug
administration
for
3
use
in
reducing,
treating,
or
eliminating
nicotine
or
tobacco
4
dependence.
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