Amended IN Senate July 03, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 25, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1120Introduced by Assembly Members Cooper and DahleFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 11107.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1120, as amended, Cooper. Controlled substances: butane.Existing law requires a person or entity that sells any quantity of specified substances to record the date of sale, product description, purchasers identification, and other specified information. Existing law requires the seller to retain this information for a period of 5 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. Existing law requires a person or entity that purchases any quantity of these specified substances to record the date of purchase, product description, and other specified information for a period of 3 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would require a person or entity that sells any quantity of butane, as defined, to record specified information about the transaction, including the identity of the purchaser and to maintain that information for 2 years. The bill would also prohibit a person, unless specifically exempted, from purchasing more than 600 milliliters of butane in a 30-day period. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. The bill would, subject to available funds, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales and to post a notice on its Internet Web site when the database is operational. The bill would require sellers of butane to keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales and to electronically submit a report to the Department of Justice upon request. Before the database system is operational, this bill would make it a crime to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in a 30-day period. After the database system is operational, the bill would make it a crime to sell any quantity of nonodorized butane to a customer that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in a 30-day period. Because the bill would create a new crime, new crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales, and would require sellers of butane to submit a quarterly report. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11107.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
Amended IN Senate July 03, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 25, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1120Introduced by Assembly Members Cooper and DahleFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 11107.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1120, as amended, Cooper. Controlled substances: butane.Existing law requires a person or entity that sells any quantity of specified substances to record the date of sale, product description, purchasers identification, and other specified information. Existing law requires the seller to retain this information for a period of 5 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. Existing law requires a person or entity that purchases any quantity of these specified substances to record the date of purchase, product description, and other specified information for a period of 3 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would require a person or entity that sells any quantity of butane, as defined, to record specified information about the transaction, including the identity of the purchaser and to maintain that information for 2 years. The bill would also prohibit a person, unless specifically exempted, from purchasing more than 600 milliliters of butane in a 30-day period. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. The bill would, subject to available funds, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales and to post a notice on its Internet Web site when the database is operational. The bill would require sellers of butane to keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales and to electronically submit a report to the Department of Justice upon request. Before the database system is operational, this bill would make it a crime to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in a 30-day period. After the database system is operational, the bill would make it a crime to sell any quantity of nonodorized butane to a customer that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in a 30-day period. Because the bill would create a new crime, new crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales, and would require sellers of butane to submit a quarterly report. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Senate July 03, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 25, 2017
Amended IN Senate July 03, 2017
Amended IN Assembly April 25, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1120
Introduced by Assembly Members Cooper and DahleFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Members Cooper and Dahle
February 17, 2017
An act to add Section 11107.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1120, as amended, Cooper. Controlled substances: butane.
Existing law requires a person or entity that sells any quantity of specified substances to record the date of sale, product description, purchasers identification, and other specified information. Existing law requires the seller to retain this information for a period of 5 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. Existing law requires a person or entity that purchases any quantity of these specified substances to record the date of purchase, product description, and other specified information for a period of 3 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would require a person or entity that sells any quantity of butane, as defined, to record specified information about the transaction, including the identity of the purchaser and to maintain that information for 2 years. The bill would also prohibit a person, unless specifically exempted, from purchasing more than 600 milliliters of butane in a 30-day period. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. The bill would, subject to available funds, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales and to post a notice on its Internet Web site when the database is operational. The bill would require sellers of butane to keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales and to electronically submit a report to the Department of Justice upon request. Before the database system is operational, this bill would make it a crime to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in a 30-day period. After the database system is operational, the bill would make it a crime to sell any quantity of nonodorized butane to a customer that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in a 30-day period. Because the bill would create a new crime, new crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales, and would require sellers of butane to submit a quarterly report. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law requires a person or entity that sells any quantity of specified substances to record the date of sale, product description, purchasers identification, and other specified information. Existing law requires the seller to retain this information for a period of 5 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. Existing law requires a person or entity that purchases any quantity of these specified substances to record the date of purchase, product description, and other specified information for a period of 3 years and to present it upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the Attorney General. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
This bill would require a person or entity that sells any quantity of butane, as defined, to record specified information about the transaction, including the identity of the purchaser and to maintain that information for 2 years. The bill would also prohibit a person, unless specifically exempted, from purchasing more than 600 milliliters of butane in a 30-day period. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. The bill would, subject to available funds, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales and to post a notice on its Internet Web site when the database is operational. The bill would require sellers of butane to keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales and to electronically submit a report to the Department of Justice upon request.
Before the database system is operational, this bill would make it a crime to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in a 30-day period. After the database system is operational, the bill would make it a crime to sell any quantity of nonodorized butane to a customer that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in a 30-day period. Because the bill would create a new crime, new crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would, subject to an appropriation, require the Department of Justice to create a database of butane sales, and would require sellers of butane to submit a quarterly report.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11107.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11107.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.
SECTION 1. Section 11107.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.
11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.
11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.(b)(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.(3)(2) The date and time of the sale.(4)(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.(5)(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.(c)(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state. (f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.(C) The database system may be a newly created product.(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.(2)(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.(e)(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.
11107.2. (a) It is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity to sell to any one customer more than 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane in any 30-day period. The limitation in this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following transactions:
(b) (1) It is unlawful for manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities to knowingly or negligently sell to any one customer a quantity of nonodorized butane that would cause the customer to exceed 600 milliliters of nonodorized butane purchased from all sellers in any 30-day period.
(2) This subdivision shall not be enforced until a database system described in subdivision (f) is operational, as determined by the Department of Justice.
(3) The reasonable reliance on information contained in the database described in subdivision (f) is an affirmative defense to the crime in this subdivision.
(c) The limitations in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any of the following transactions:
(1) Butane sold to a manufacturer or wholesaler manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, or retailers solely for the purpose of resale.
(2) Butane sold to a person for use in a lawful commercial enterprise, including, but not limited to, a volatile solvent extraction activity licensed under Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000) of the Business and Professions Code or a medical cannabis collective or cooperative described in Section 11362.775, subdivision (b) of Section 11362.775 of this code, operating in compliance with all applicable state licensing requirements and local regulations governing that type of business.
(3) The sale of lighters, torch lighters, or other appliances that contain or use nonodorized butane for fuel and contain less than 250 milliliters of nonodorized butane.
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(d) For every sale of nonodorized butane, butane not exempted under subdivision (c) the seller shall record and maintain on the premises of the seller for a period of not less than two years after the date of the sale, the following information:
(1) The name, address, and date of birth of the customer, as obtained from his or her valid drivers license or other government-issued photo identification.
(2)For sales made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), the name and address of the business, a description of the type of business, and a business license number, if applicable.
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(2) The date and time of the sale.
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(3) The brand and quantity of butane purchased.
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(4) The full name of the person who processed the sale.
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(e) A violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.
(d)(1)The Department of Justice shall establish a database to track the sale of nonodorized butane within the state.
(f) (1) To assist manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, and retailers in their efforts to monitor the sales of nonodorized butane, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds and in collaboration with stakeholders representing the sellers of nonodorized butane who are required to report and collect information pursuant to this section, develop and maintain an electronic database system for the electronic monitoring of and Internet access to information regarding the amount of butane purchased by individual customers. The database system will allow retailers to automatically synchronize purchases and provide real time alerts of any purchases in violation of this section, and shall be developed in one of the following three ways:
(A) The database system may be based upon the expansion of an existing electronic database.
(B) The database system may be an existing product, which is available for use by retail sellers of nonodorized butane to customers, as determined by the Department of Justice.
(C) The database system may be a newly created product.
(2) The Department of Justice shall post a notification on its Internet Web site when the database described in paragraph (1) is operational.
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(3) All manufacturers, wholesalers, resellers, retailers, or other persons or entities selling nonodorized butane to customers shall keep hard copy records of nonodorized butane sales. Any manufacturer, wholesaler, reseller, retailer, or other person or entity not exempted under subdivision (c) that sells nonodorized butane shall electronically submit a quarterly report to the Department of Justice upon request of all sales involving nonodorized butane, including all of the information collected pursuant to subdivision (b). (d).
(3)Implementation of this subdivision shall be subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other measure.
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(g) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Customer means any person or entity other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) that purchases or acquires nonodorized butane from a seller during a transaction.
(2) Nonodorized butane means iso-butane, n-butane, or refined butane butane, or a mixture of butane and propane of any power that uses may also use the words refined, pure, purified, premium, or filtered, to describe the butane, butane or butane mixture, which does not contain ethyl mercaptan or a similar odorant.
(3) Sell or sale means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, distribute, or supply, in exchange for money or any other consideration.
(4) Seller means any person, business entity, or employee thereof that sells nonodorized butane to any customer within this state.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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