California Assembly Bill AB261 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 261AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Travis Allen FEBRUARY 9, 2015 An act to amend Section  22972 of the Business and Professions Code,   11364.5 of the Health and Safety Code,  relating to cigarettes and tobacco products. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 261, as amended, Travis Allen. Cigarettes and tobacco products:  retailers: licenses.   retailers.  The California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 requires a retailer to have and maintain a license from the State Board of Equalization to engage in the sale of cigarette and tobacco products in California.  This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.   Existing law prohibits a person from maintaining or operating any place of business in which drug paraphernalia is kept, displayed, or offered in any manner, sold, furnished, transferred, or given away, unless that drug paraphernalia is completely and wholly kept, displayed, or offered within a separate room or enclosure to which persons under 18 years of age not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are excluded. Under existing law, a violation of that provision is not a criminal offense, but is grounds for revocation or nonrenewal of any license, permit, or other entitlement previously issued by a city, county, or city and county for the privilege of engaging in that business and is grounds for denial of any future license, permit, or other entitlement authorizing the conduct of that business or any other business, if the business includes the sale of drug paraphernalia.   This bill would instead prohibit a person from maintaining or operating a place of business described above unless the person has in place and maintains a license to engage in the sale of cigarette or tobacco products, and the place of business derives at least 50% of its annual gross revenues from the retail sale of cigarettes or tobacco products, as those terms are defined.  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 11364.5 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  11364.5. (a) Except as authorized by law,  no   a person shall  not  maintain or operate any place of business in which drug paraphernalia is kept, displayed or offered in any manner, sold, furnished, transferred or given away unless  such   all of the following conditions are satisfied:   (1)     The  drug paraphernalia is completely and wholly kept, displayed or offered within a separate room or enclosure to which persons under the age of 18 years not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are excluded. Each entrance to such a room or enclosure shall be signposted in reasonably visible and legible words to the effect that drug paraphernalia is kept, displayed or offered in such room or enclosure and that minors, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, are excluded.  (2) The person has in place and maintains a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products issued pursuant to Division 8.6 (commencing with Section 22970) of the Business and Professions Code.   (3) The place of business derives at least 50 percent of its annual gross revenues from the retail sale of cigarettes, as defined in Section 30003 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or tobacco products, as defined in Sections 30121 and 30131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.  (b) Except as authorized by law,  no   an  owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of any room or enclosure, within any place of business, in which drug paraphernalia is kept, displayed or offered in any manner, sold, furnished, transferred or given away shall  not  permit or allow any person under  the age of  18 years  of age  to enter, be in, remain in or visit such room or enclosure unless such minor person is accompanied by one of his or her parents or by his or her legal guardian. (c) Unless authorized by law,  no   a  person under  the age of  18 years  of age  shall  not  enter, be in, remain in or visit any room or enclosure in any place of business in which drug paraphernalia is kept, displayed or offered in any manner, sold, furnished, transferred or given away unless accompanied by one of his or her parents or by his or her legal guardian. (d) As used in this section, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind  which   that  are intended for use or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance. "Drug paraphernalia" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) Kits intended for use or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant  which   that  is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived. (2) Kits intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances. (3) Isomerization devices intended for use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant  which   that  is a controlled substance. (4) Testing equipment intended for use or designed for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances. (5) Scales and balances intended for use or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances. (6) Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled substances. (7) Separation gins and sifters intended for use or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marijuana. (8) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances. (9) Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances. (10) Containers and other objects intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances. (11) Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects intended for use or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body. (12) Objects intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as the following: (A) Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls. (B) Water pipes. (C) Carburetion tubes and devices. (D) Smoking and carburetion masks. (E) Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a marijuana cigarette that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand. (F) Miniature cocaine  spoons,   spoons  and cocaine vials. (G) Chamber pipes. (H) Carburetor pipes. (I) Electric pipes. (J) Air-driven pipes. (K) Chillums. (L) Bongs. (M) Ice pipes or chillers. (e) In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority may consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following: (1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use. (2) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance. (3) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he or she knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this section. The innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this section shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use, as drug paraphernalia. (4) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use. (5) Descriptive  materials,   materials  accompanying the object  which   that  explain or depict its use. (6) National and local advertising concerning its use. (7) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale. (8) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products. (9) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community. (10) Expert testimony concerning its use. (f) This section  shall   does  not apply to any of the following: (1) Any pharmacist or other authorized person who sells or furnishes drug paraphernalia described in paragraph (11) of subdivision (d) upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian. (2) Any physician, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian who furnishes or prescribes drug paraphernalia described in paragraph (11) of subdivision (d) to his or her patients. (3) Any manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer licensed by the California State Board of Pharmacy to sell or transfer drug paraphernalia described in paragraph (11) of subdivision (d). (g) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law, including Section 11374,  a  violation of this section  shall   is  not  constitute  a criminal offense, but operation of a business in violation of the provisions of this section shall be grounds for revocation or nonrenewal of any license, permit, or other entitlement previously issued by a city, county, or city and county for the privilege of engaging in  such   that  business and shall be grounds for denial of any future license, permit, or other entitlement authorizing the conduct of  such   that  business or any other business, if the business includes the sale of drug paraphernalia.  SECTION 1.   Section 22972 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 22972. (a) Commencing June 30, 2004, a retailer shall have in place and maintain a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. A retailer that owns or controls more than one retail location shall obtain a separate license for each retail location, but may submit a single application for those licenses. (b) The retailer shall conspicuously display the license at each retail location in a manner that is visible to the public. (c) A license is not assignable or transferable. A person who obtains a license as a retailer who ceases to do business as specified in the license, or who never commenced business, or whose license is suspended or revoked, shall immediately surrender the license to the board. (d) A license shall be valid for a 12-month period, and shall be renewed annually.