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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1310
BY REPRESENTATIVE RITCHIE
SALES/TOBACCO TRADE: Provides with respect to the permitting of tobacconists
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 26:932(8) and to enact R.S. 26:901(18) and 903(6), relative to2
tobacco products; to provide for fees applicable to tobacconists; to provide for3
definitions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 26:932(8) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 26:901(18) and6
903(6) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
§901. Definitions8
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(18) "Tobacconist" means any bona fide tobacco retailer engaged in10
receiving bulk smoking tobacco for the purpose of blending such tobacco for retail11
sale at a particular retail outlet where fifty percent or more of the total purchases for12
the preceding twelve months were purchases of tobacco products, excluding13
cigarettes.14
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§903. Permit fees16
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(6) Tobacconist–The commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control shall18
promulgate rules to issue a single permit for bona fide Louisiana tobacconists. Such19
single permit shall allow any bona fide Louisiana tobacconist to operate as a retail20 HLS 10RS-2419 ENGROSSED
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tobacco dealer and as a wholesale tobacco dealer. Any fee assessed for such single1
tobacconist permit shall be set at the current rate in effect on August 15, 2010.2
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§932. Definitions4
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(8) "Tobacconist" means a retail dealer any bona fide tobacco retailer6
engaged in receiving bulk smoking tobacco for the purpose of blending such tobacco7
for retail sale at a particular retail outlet where fifty percent or more of the total8
purchases for the preceding twelve months were purchases of tobacco products,9
excluding cigarettes.10
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ritchie HB No. 1310
Abstract: Provides for a definition of "tobacconist" and provides for a single permit for a
tobacconists to operate as a retail tobacco dealer and as a wholesale tobacco dealer.
Present law defines "tobacconist".
Proposed law (R.S. 26:932) changes the definition of "tobacconist" from "a retail dealer"to
"any bona fide tobacco retailer", and otherwise retains the definition in present law.
Proposed law (R.S. 26:901) adds a definition for "tobacconist" that is consistent with the
amended definition in proposed law (R.S. 26:932).
Proposed law provides that a single permit shall allow any bona fide La. tobacconist to
operate as a retail tobacco dealer and as a wholesale tobacco dealer.
Proposed law (R.S. 26:903) provides that any fee assessed for a tobacconist permit shall be
set at the current rate in effect on Aug. 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 26:932(8); Adds R.S. 26:901(18) and 903(6))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original bill.
1. Provided that a single permit shall allow any bona fide La. tobacconist to operate
as a retail tobacco dealer and as a wholesale tobacco dealer. HLS 10RS-2419 ENGROSSED
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2. Provided that any fee assessed for a tobacconist permit shall be set at the current
rate in effect on Aug. 15, 2010.