HOUSE BILL No. 4069

 

 

January 28, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Spade and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1915 PA 31, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Youth tobacco act,"                                                        

                                                                                

    by amending section 2a (MCL 722.642a), as added by 1992 PA 272.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2a.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in                               

                                                                                

2   subsection (2), a person who sells tobacco products at retail               

                                                                                

3   shall not sell a cigarette separately from its package or sell              

                                                                                

4   cigarettes packaged in packs of fewer than 20 cigarettes.                   

                                                                                

5       (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who sells                     

                                                                                

6   tobacco products at retail in a tobacco specialty retail store or           

                                                                                

7   other retail store that deals exclusively in the sale of tobacco            

                                                                                

8   products and smoking paraphernalia.                                         

                                                                                

9       (3) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a                     

                                                                                

10  misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 for              

                                                                                

11  each offense.