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1-House Engrossed tobacco use; minimum age; sale State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 HOUSE BILL 2746 An Act amending sections 13-3622, 36-798, 36-798.01 and 36-798.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to tobacco. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
1+REFERENCE TITLE: tobacco use; minimum age; sale State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 HB 2746 Introduced by Representative Blackman An Act amending sections 13-3622, 36-798, 36-798.01 and 36-798.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to tobacco. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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63- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-3622, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-3622. Tobacco products, vapor products and tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia; furnishing to underage person; underage persons buying or possessing; misrepresentation of age by underage persons; classification; definitions A. A person who knowingly sells, gives or furnishes a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, to a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age is guilty of a petty offense. B. A minor person who is under twenty-one years of age and who buys, or has in his the person's possession or knowingly accepts or receives from any person, a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, is guilty of a petty offense, and if the offense involves any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars at least $100 or perform not less than at least thirty hours of community restitution. C. A minor person who is under twenty-one years of age and who misrepresents the minor's person's age to any other person by means of a written instrument of identification with the intent to induce the other person to sell, give or furnish a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, in violation of subsection A or B of this section is guilty of a petty offense and, notwithstanding section 13-802, shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars $500. D. This section does not apply to any of the following: 1. Cigars, cigarettes or cigarette papers, smoking or chewing tobacco or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, if it is used or intended to be used in connection with a bona fide practice of a religious belief and as an integral part of a religious or ceremonial exercise. 2. Any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, that is given to or possessed by a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age if the instrument or paraphernalia was a gift or souvenir and is not used or intended to be used by the minor person who is under twenty-one years of age to smoke or ingest tobacco or shisha. E. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Shisha" includes any mixture of tobacco leaf and honey, molasses or dried fruit or any other sweetener. 2. "Tobacco product" means any of the following: (a) Cigars. (b) Cigarettes. (c) Cigarette papers of any kind. (d) Smoking tobacco of any kind. (e) Chewing tobacco of any kind. 3. "Vapor product": (a) Means a noncombustible tobacco-derived product containing nicotine that employs a mechanical heating element, battery or circuit, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to heat a liquid nicotine solution contained in cartridges. Vapor product (b) Does not include any product that is regulated by the United States food and drug administration under chapter V of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Section 36-798, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Bar" means that portion of any premises licensed under section 4-209, subsection B, paragraph 6, 7, 11, 12 or 14 that is primarily used for the selling, consumption or serving of alcoholic beverages and that is not primarily used for the consumption of food on the premises. 2. "Beedies" or "bidis" means a product containing tobacco that is wrapped in temburni leaf (diospyros melanoxylon) or tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra), or any other product that is offered to, or purchased by, consumers as beedies or bidis. 3. "Cigar" means a roll of tobacco or any lawful substitute for tobacco that is wrapped in tobacco. 4. "Cigarette" means a roll of tobacco or any lawful substitute for tobacco that is wrapped in paper or in any substance other than tobacco. 5. "Minor" means a person who is under eighteen years of age. 6. 5. "Retail tobacco vendor" means a person who possesses tobacco or tobacco products for the purpose of selling them for consumption and not for resale. 7. 6. "Smokeless tobacco" includes shredded tobacco, snuff, cavendish and plug, twist and other tobacco products that are intended for oral use but not for smoking. 8. 7. "Smoking tobacco" includes any tobacco or tobacco product, other than cigarettes and cigars, that is intended to be smoked. 9. 8. "Tobacco products" includes cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, smokeless tobacco and smoking tobacco. 10. 9. "Vending machine" means any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that, on insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, automatically dispenses tobacco products. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Section 36-798.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798.01. Selling or giving beedies or bidis; underage persons; violation; classification A. It is unlawful for a retail tobacco vendor to sell, furnish, give or provide beedies or bidis to a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age in this state. B. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE Sec. 4. Section 36-798.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798.02. Vending machine sales of tobacco and tobacco products; signage; violation; classification A. A person shall not sell tobacco products through a vending machine unless the vending machine is located in either: 1. A bar. 2. An employee lounge area that is not open to the public and the business in which the lounge area is located does not employ minors. B. A sign measuring at least eighty square inches shall be obviously affixed to the front of each vending machine. The sign shall state in block letters, that it is illegal for a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products and, upon on conviction of violating this subsection, a person may receive a fine of up to three hundred dollars may be imposed $300. C. This article does not invalidate an ordinance of or prohibit the adoption of an ordinance by a county, city or town to further restrict the location of vending machines or specify different wording for the vending machines machine signs as required by subsection B of this section. D. A person who violates this section is guilty of a petty offense. END_STATUTE
66+ Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-3622, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-3622. Tobacco products, vapor products and tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia; furnishing to underage person; underage persons buying; misrepresentation of age by underage persons; classification; definitions A. A person who knowingly sells, gives or furnishes a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, to a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age is guilty of a petty offense. B. A minor who buys, or has in his possession or knowingly accepts or receives from any person, a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, is guilty of a petty offense, and if the offense involves any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco or shisha, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or perform not less than thirty hours of community restitution. C. B. A minor person who is under twenty-one years of age and who misrepresents the minor's person's age to any other person by means of a written instrument of identification with the intent to induce the other person to sell, give or furnish a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, in violation of subsection A or B of this section is guilty of a petty offense and, notwithstanding section 13-802, shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars $500. D. C. This section does not apply to any of the following: 1. Cigars, cigarettes or cigarette papers, smoking or chewing tobacco or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, if it is used or intended to be used in connection with a bona fide practice of a religious belief and as an integral part of a religious or ceremonial exercise. 2. Any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, that is given to or possessed by a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age if the instrument or paraphernalia was a gift or souvenir and is not used or intended to be used by the minor person who is under twenty-one years of age to smoke or ingest tobacco or shisha. E. D. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Shisha" includes any mixture of tobacco leaf and honey, molasses or dried fruit or any other sweetener. 2. "Tobacco product" means any of the following: (a) Cigars. (b) Cigarettes. (c) Cigarette papers of any kind. (d) Smoking tobacco of any kind. (e) Chewing tobacco of any kind. 3. "Vapor product": (a) Means a noncombustible tobacco-derived product containing nicotine that employs a mechanical heating element, battery or circuit, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to heat a liquid nicotine solution contained in cartridges. Vapor product (b) Does not include any product that is regulated by the United States food and drug administration under chapter V of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Section 36-798, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Bar" means that portion of any premises licensed under section 4-209, subsection B, paragraph 6, 7, 11, 12 or 14 that is primarily used for the selling, consumption or serving of alcoholic beverages and that is not primarily used for the consumption of food on the premises. 2. "Beedies" or "bidis" means a product containing tobacco that is wrapped in temburni leaf (diospyros melanoxylon) or tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra), or any other product that is offered to, or purchased by, consumers as beedies or bidis. 3. "Cigar" means a roll of tobacco or any lawful substitute for tobacco that is wrapped in tobacco. 4. "Cigarette" means a roll of tobacco or any lawful substitute for tobacco that is wrapped in paper or in any substance other than tobacco. 5. "Minor" means a person who is under eighteen years of age. 6. 5. "Retail tobacco vendor" means a person who possesses tobacco or tobacco products for the purpose of selling them for consumption and not for resale. 7. 6. "Smokeless tobacco" includes shredded tobacco, snuff, cavendish and plug, twist and other tobacco products that are intended for oral use but not for smoking. 8. 7. "Smoking tobacco" includes any tobacco or tobacco product, other than cigarettes and cigars, that is intended to be smoked. 9. 8. "Tobacco products" includes cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, smokeless tobacco and smoking tobacco. 10. 9. "Vending machine" means any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that, on insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, automatically dispenses tobacco products. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Section 36-798.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798.01. Selling or giving beedies or bidis; underage persons; violation; classification A. It is unlawful for a retail tobacco vendor to sell, furnish, give or provide beedies or bidis to a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age in this state. B. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE Sec. 4. Section 36-798.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-798.02. Vending machine sales of tobacco and tobacco products; signage; violation; classification A. A person shall not sell tobacco products through a vending machine unless the vending machine is located in either: 1. A bar. 2. An employee lounge area that is not open to the public and the business in which the lounge area is located does not employ minors. B. A sign measuring at least eighty square inches shall be obviously affixed to the front of each vending machine. The sign shall state in block letters, that it is illegal for a minor person who is under twenty-one years of age to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products and, upon on conviction of violating this subsection, a person may receive a fine of up to three hundred dollars may be imposed $300. C. This article does not invalidate an ordinance of or prohibit the adoption of an ordinance by a county, city or town to further restrict the location of vending machines or specify different wording for the vending machines machine signs as required by subsection B of this section. D. A person who violates this section is guilty of a petty offense. END_STATUTE
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78+C. B. A minor person who is under twenty-one years of age and who misrepresents the minor's person's age to any other person by means of a written instrument of identification with the intent to induce the other person to sell, give or furnish a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for the smoking or ingestion of ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, in violation of subsection A or B of this section is guilty of a petty offense and, notwithstanding section 13-802, shall pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars $500.
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