Bill Text: CA AB842 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tobacco.

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. [AB842 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB842-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 842	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 22954 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to tobacco.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 842, as introduced, Hall.  Tobacco.
   Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act
(STAKE Act), establishes various requirements for retailers relating
to tobacco sales to minors.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
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 22954 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   22954.  Any cigarette or tobacco products distributor or
wholesaler as defined in Sections 30011 and 30016 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, and licensed under Article 1 (commencing with Section
30140) of Chapter 3 of Part 13 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code or Article 3 (commencing with Section 30155) of Chapter
3 of Part 13 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and any
cigarette vending machine operator granted a seller's permit under
the Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of
Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), shall annually provide
to the State Department of  Public  Health  Services
 , the names and addresses of those persons to whom they
provide tobacco products, including, but not limited to, dealers as
defined in Section 30012 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for the
purpose of identifying retailers of tobacco to ensure compliance with
this division.
   Cigarette vending machine operators granted a seller's permit
under the Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section
6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), shall annually
provide to the department their name and the address of each
location where cigarette vending machines are placed, in order to
ensure compliance with this division.
   The data provided, pursuant to this section, shall be deemed
confidential official information by the department and shall be
exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1
of the Government Code).