Bill Text: MS HB50 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tobacco use by minors; provide penalty for possession.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB50 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB50-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Mayo

House Bill 50

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-32-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR THE PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY MINORS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-32-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-32-9.  No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall purchase or possess any tobacco product.  No student of any high school, junior high school or elementary school shall possess tobacco on any educational property as defined in Section 97-37-17, Mississippi Code of 1972.  A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.