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SENATE BILL NO. 1375

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S1375......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Amends existing law to allow a tobacco product retailer
or an employee of the retailer to have access to tobacco products of
another retailer when purchasing tobacco products.
                                                                        
02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to St Aff

Bill Text

 S1375
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1375
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO VENDOR  ASSISTED  SALES  OF  TOBACCO  PRODUCTS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        39-5706,  IDAHO  CODE, TO ALLOW A  TOBACCO PRODUCT RETAILER OR AN EMPLOYEE
  4        OF THE RETAILER TO HAVE ACCESS TO TOBACCO  PRODUCTS  OF  A  RETAILER;  AND
  5        DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 39-5706, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        39-5706.  VENDOR ASSISTED SALES. (1) It shall be unlawful to sell or  dis-
 10    tribute  tobacco  products by any means other than vendor assisted sales where
 11    the customer has no access to the product except through the assistance of the
 12    seller, except where the customer is a tobacco product retailer or an employee
 13    of the tobacco product retailer and the customer can evidence such  status  by
 14    showing  the  permit issued pursuant to section 39-5704, Idaho Code, and if an
 15    employee of the tobacco product retailer presents a  signed  letter  from  the
 16    retailer  evidencing  the employer-employee relationship and the authorization
 17    for the employee to purchase tobacco products for the tobacco retailer's busi-
 18    ness.
 19        (2)  On and after January 1, 2000, it shall be unlawful to  sell  or  dis-
 20    tribute  tobacco  products  from  a  vending machine. From January 1, 1999, to
 21    December 31, 1999, vending machines shall be located in a place not accessible
 22    to persons under the age of nineteen (19) years.
 23        (3)  It shall be unlawful to sell  or  distribute  tobacco  products  from
 24    self-service displays.
 25        (4)  Stores with tobacco products comprising at least seventy-five percent
 26    (75%) of total merchandise are exempt from requiring vendor assisted sales, if
 27    minors  are not allowed in the store and such prohibition is posted clearly on
 28    all entrance doors.
                                                                        
 29        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 30    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 31    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

     
                           
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                       RS09522 
                           
          This measure would amend Idaho Code to allow a tobacco product retailer
     or employee of a licensed retailer to have access to tobacco products in an outside
     retail establishment.
     
     
     
     
      
                     FISCAL NOTE
                                                  
     There is no fiscal impact. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     CONTACT:     Senator Clint Stennett
                332-1351 
     
     
                                             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE                     S1375