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Page 5 <br /> <br />Youth Access to TobaCco Legislation <br /> Chapter 227/H.F. 117 <br /> (See Appendix for complete text.) <br /> <br />Chapter 227: Legislative Provisions <br /> <br />This law was created to provide a uniform floor of provisions to reduce <br />youth access to tobacco without preempting local control. <br /> <br />Notable provisions in the youth tobacco access law are: <br /> <br />· Licensing of all tobacco retail outlets. <br /> <br />Graduated penalties against the hcense holder for the illegal sale of <br />tobacco to minors. <br /> <br />· Mandatory compliance checks once every year. Minors participating must <br /> have parental permission. <br /> <br />Ban on self-service displays of single packs of cigarettes and smokeless <br />tobacco and on vending machines except in facilities that cannot be <br />entered by m/nors (until the full FDA ban on self-service goes into effect). <br /> <br />Suspension of the driver's license of a minor who is found guilty of a petty <br />misdemeanor for using a driver's license to purchase tobacco, or of an <br />adult who is found guilty of a petty misdemeanor for allowing a minor to <br />use the adult's driver's license to purchase tobacco. <br /> <br />Penalties for the clerk who illegally sells tobacco to minors. <br /> <br />Alternative penalties for minors found to have purchased,' used, or <br />possessed tobacco illegally. <br /> <br />Tobacco manufacturers must report annually the presence of ammonia, <br />arsenic, cadmium, formaldehyde and lead in their tobacco products in <br />their burned or unburned state. <br /> <br />State law will not preempt local ,ordinances, either current or future, for <br />more restrictive regulations. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br />