1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3467 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 297F.01, subdivision 19, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5 Subd. 19.
Tobacco products. "Tobacco products" means
any products containing,
1.6made, or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed,
1.7smoked, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means,
1.8or any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, including, but not limited
1.9to, cigars; little cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut,
1.10ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist
1.11tobacco; fine-cut and other chewing tobacco; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and
1.12sweepings of tobacco, and other kinds and forms of tobacco
, prepared in such manner
1.13as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and
1.14smoking; but does not include cigarettes as defined in this section.
Tobacco products
1.15excludes any tobacco product that has been approved by the United States Food and
1.16Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence
1.17product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for such an
1.18approved purpose.
1.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 325F.77, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.20 Subd. 4.
Prohibition. No person shall distribute smokeless tobacco products or
1.21cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or other tobacco products
suitable for smoking as defined
1.22in section 297F.01, subdivision 19, except that single serving samples of tobacco may
1.23be distributed in tobacco stores.
1.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws
1.252010, chapter 255, section 7, is amended to read:
2.1 Subdivision 1.
Authorization. A town board or the governing body of a home
2.2rule charter or statutory city may license and regulate the retail sale of tobacco
and
2.3tobacco-related devices as defined in section
609.685, subdivision 1, and establish a
2.4license fee for sales to recover the estimated cost of enforcing this chapter. The county
2.5board shall license and regulate the sale of tobacco
and tobacco-related devices in
2.6unorganized territory of the county except on the State Fairgrounds and in a town or
2.7a home rule charter or statutory city if the town or city does not license and regulate
2.8retail tobacco sales. The State Agricultural Society shall license and regulate the sale of
2.9tobacco on the State Fairgrounds. Retail establishments licensed by a town or city to
2.10sell tobacco are not required to obtain a second license for the same location under the
2.11licensing ordinance of the county.
2.12 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.13 Subd. 2.
Administrative penalties; licensees. If a licensee or employee of a
2.14licensee sells tobacco
or tobacco-related devices to a person under the age of 18 years, or
2.15violates any other provision of this chapter, the licensee shall be charged an administrative
2.16penalty of $75. An administrative penalty of $200 must be imposed for a second violation
2.17at the same location within 24 months after the initial violation. For a third violation at the
2.18same location within 24 months after the initial violation, an administrative penalty of
2.19$250 must be imposed, and the licensee's authority to sell tobacco at that location must be
2.20suspended for not less than seven days. No suspension or penalty may take effect until the
2.21licensee has received notice, served personally or by mail, of the alleged violation and an
2.22opportunity for a hearing before a person authorized by the licensing authority to conduct
2.23the hearing. A decision that a violation has occurred must be in writing.
2.24 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.25 Subd. 3.
Administrative penalty; individuals. An individual who sells tobacco
2.26or tobacco-related devices to a person under the age of 18 years must be charged an
2.27administrative penalty of $50. No penalty may be imposed until the individual has
2.28received notice, served personally or by mail, of the alleged violation and an opportunity
2.29for a hearing before a person authorized by the licensing authority to conduct the hearing.
2.30A decision that a violation has occurred must be in writing.
2.31 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.32 Subd. 4.
Minors. The licensing authority shall consult with interested educators,
2.33parents, children, and representatives of the court system to develop alternative penalties
3.1for minors who purchase, possess, and consume tobacco
or tobacco-related devices.
3.2The licensing authority and the interested persons shall consider a variety of options,
3.3including, but not limited to, tobacco free education programs, notice to schools, parents,
3.4community service, and other court diversion programs.
3.5 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.6 Subd. 5.
Compliance checks. A licensing authority shall conduct unannounced
3.7compliance checks at least once each calendar year at each location where tobacco is sold
3.8to test compliance with section
609.685. Compliance checks must involve minors over
3.9the age of 15, but under the age of 18, who, with the prior written consent of a parent
3.10or guardian, attempt to purchase tobacco
or tobacco-related devices under the direct
3.11supervision of a law enforcement officer or an employee of the licensing authority.
3.12 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
3.13 Subd. 6.
Defense. It is an affirmative defense to the charge of selling tobacco
or
3.14tobacco-related devices to a person under the age of 18 years in violation of subdivision 2
3.15or 3 that the licensee or individual making the sale relied in good faith upon proof of age
3.16as described in section
340A.503, subdivision 6.
3.17 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 461.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.18 Subdivision 1.
Except in adult-only facilities. (a) No person shall offer for sale
3.19single packages of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco
or tobacco-related devices, as defined
3.20in section 609.685, subdivision 1, in open displays which are accessible to the public
3.21without the intervention of a store employee.
3.22(b) Cartons and other multipack units may be offered and sold through open displays
3.23accessible to the public.
3.24(c) Paragraph (b) expires on August 28, 1997.
3.25(d) This subdivision shall not apply to retail stores which derive at least 90 percent
3.26of their revenue from tobacco and tobacco-related products and
which cannot be entered
3.27at any time by persons younger than 18 years of age where the retailer ensures that no
3.28person younger than 18 years of age is present, or permitted to enter, at any time.
3.29 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.685, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.30 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
3.31shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.
4.1(a) "Tobacco" means cigarettes
and any product containing, made, or derived from
4.2tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, smoked, absorbed,
4.3dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, or any component,
4.4part, or accessory of a tobacco product; cigars; cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated, plug
4.5cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish;
4.6plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps,
4.7clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco
,
4.8prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or other
4.9tobacco-related devices.
Tobacco excludes any tobacco product that has been approved by
4.10the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product,
4.11as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed
4.12and sold solely for such an approved purpose.
4.13(b) "Tobacco-related devices" means cigarette papers or pipes for smoking.
4.14 Sec. 11.
[609.6855] SALE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCTS TO
4.15CHILDREN.
4.16 Subdivision 1. Penalty to sell. (a) Whoever sells to a person under the age of
4.1718 years a product containing or delivering nicotine or lobelia intended for human
4.18consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not tobacco as defined by section
4.19609.685, is guilty of a misdemeanor for the first violation. Whoever violates this
4.20subdivision a subsequent time within five years of a previous conviction under this
4.21subdivision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
4.22(b) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this subdivision if the defendant
4.23proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably and in good faith
4.24relied on proof of age as described in section 340A.503, subdivision 6.
4.25(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a product containing or delivering nicotine or
4.26lobelia intended for human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not tobacco
4.27as defined by section 609.685, may be sold to persons under the age of 18 if the product
4.28has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug
4.29Administration for tobacco use cessation, harm reduction, or for other medical purposes,
4.30and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.
4.31 Subd. 2. Other offense. A person under the age of 18 years who purchases or
4.32attempts to purchase a product containing or delivering nicotine or lobelia intended for
4.33human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not tobacco as defined by section
4.34609.685, and who uses a driver's license, permit, Minnesota identification card, or any
4.35type of false identification to misrepresent the person's age, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
5.1 Subd. 3. Petty misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 1 and
5.22, whoever is under the age of 18 years and possesses, purchases, or attempts to purchase
5.3a product containing or delivering nicotine or lobelia intended for human consumption,
5.4or any part of such a product, that is not tobacco as defined by section 609.685, is guilty
5.5of a petty misdemeanor."