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1998 SESSION

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HB 1430 Alcoholic beverage control; enforcement of sale of tobacco to minors.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Alcoholic beverage control; enforcement; sale of tobacco to minors. Requires the Tax Commissioner to provide to the ABC Board, the name, address, and other identifying information within his possession of all wholesale cigarette dealers. The bill provides that (i) all invoices, books, papers or other memoranda and records concerning the sale of cigarettes maintained by wholesale cigarette dealers shall be subject to inspection during normal business hours by special agents of the ABC Board and (ii) any person who, upon request by a special agent, unreasonably fails or refuses to allow an inspection of the records shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the ABC Board may use the information obtained from the Tax Commissioner or acquired by the authorized inspections only for the purpose of creating and maintaining a list of retail dealers to facilitate enforcement of the laws governing the sale of tobacco products to minors. The bill prohibits the disclosure of this information by the ABC Board or its special agents, and makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for a violation of this provision. This bill is identical to Senate Bill 716.


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