Bill Text: CA AB718 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Cigarettes and tobacco products: retailers: licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB718 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB718-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 718	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 22972 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to cigarettes and tobacco products.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 718, as introduced, Hall. Cigarettes and tobacco products:
retailers: licenses.
   The California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of
2003 requires a retailer to have and maintain a license from the
State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and
tobacco products in California.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 22972 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   22972.  (a) Commencing June 30, 2004, a retailer shall have in
place and maintain a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes or
tobacco products. A retailer that owns or controls more than one
retail location shall obtain a separate license for each retail
location, but may submit a single application for those licenses.
   (b) The retailer shall conspicuously display the license at each
retail location in a manner  that is  visible to the public.

   (c) A license is not assignable or transferable. A person who
obtains a license as a retailer who ceases to do business as
specified in the license, or who never commenced business, or whose
license is suspended or revoked, shall immediately surrender the
license to the board.
   (d) A license shall be valid for a 12-month period, and shall be
renewed annually.