PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The rule changes update current rules that conflict with state and federal law and eliminate an unnecessary rule.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 314-10-050; and amending WAC 314-10-090 and 314-10-100.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 66.08.030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-15-073 on July 15, 2008.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 24, 2008.
Lorraine Lee
Chairman
OTS-1367.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 96-19-018, filed 9/6/96,
effective 10/7/96)
WAC 314-10-090
((Tobacco sampling -- Licenses.)) What
tobacco products may be used for sampling promotions?
(1) No
person may engage in providing ((tobacco)) samples of tobacco
products other than cigarettes within Washington state.
(2) No person may engage in providing samples of cigarettes without a valid sampler's license. A firm contracting with a tobacco manufacturer to distribute samples of a manufacturer's product is deemed to be the person engaged in the business of sampling. The liquor control board will issue any sampler's licenses.
(((2))) (3) The annual fee for a manufacturer's cigarette
samplers license within the state is $500 and is designated a
Class T1 license. The fee for independent businesses that
provide samples of ((tobacco products)) cigarettes is $50 and
is designated a Class T2 license. All sampler's licenses
expire on the 30th day of June each year and must be renewed
annually.
In adopting the language of ((WAC 314-10-090(3)))
subsection (4) of this section, the board affirms that
sampling does have a direct impact upon the availability of
product to minors. Many sampling activities, because of the
large volume of product offered, promote secondary
distribution to bystanders, especially minors. Addiction to
nicotine can occur quickly after the use of a relatively small
amount of product. It is the board's intention to limit this
amount thereby reducing the opportunity and potential for
product to be redistributed to minors.
(((3))) (4) A sample is the smallest portion
representative of the product that is available for retail
sales and distribution. T1 and T2 license holders may
distribute samples of ((tobacco products)) cigarettes pursuant
to chapter 70.155 RCW and chapter 314-10 WAC as follows:
(a) Cigarettes: No more than one sample package may be furnished per eligible customer per day. Such sample shall not contain more than twenty cigarettes per sample package.
(b) ((Cigars: No more than one sample of any single
brand and type and no more than two samples may be furnished
per eligible customer per day. Such sample shall not contain
more than one cigar per sample package.
(c) Smokeless tobacco products: No more than one sample can, package or pouch may be furnished per eligible customer per day. Such sample can, package or pouch shall not exceed the size of the smallest unit available for sale at retail.
(d) All other tobacco products: No more than one sample unit may be furnished per eligible customer per day. Such sample unit shall not exceed the size of the smallest unit available for sale at retail.
(e))) T1 and T2 licensees that have sample packages
available that contain ((less tobacco product)) fewer
cigarettes than allowed by this section are encouraged to
provide such alternative sizes.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.155.110. 96-19-018, § 314-10-090, filed 9/6/96, effective 10/7/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. 93-23-016, § 314-10-090, filed 11/5/93, effective 12/6/93.]
(2) No person may distribute or offer to distribute samples in a public place. This prohibition does not apply to:
(a) An area to which persons under 18 years of age are denied admission,
(b) A store or concession to which a cigarette retailers license has been issued, or
(c) At or adjacent to a production, repair or outdoor construction site or facility.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) ((above)) of this
section, no person may distribute or offer to distribute
samples within or on a public street, sidewalk, or park that
is within 500 feet of a playground, school, or other facility
where that facility is being used primarily by persons under
18 years of age for recreational, educational or other
purposes.
(4) Class T1 and T2 licensees shall provide the board,
((upon request)) forty-five days prior to a sampling event,
the locations, dates and times sampling activities will take
place.
(5) All T1 and T2 licensees must provide to the liquor
control board, in a format prescribed by the board, a listing
of the location, date, hours and quantities of ((tobacco
products)) cigarettes distributed in the state for the
previous six months.
(a) A report for the period covering January 1st through June 30th of each year is due by no later than July 31st of each year.
(b) A report for the period covering July 1st through December 31st is due by no later than January 30th of the immediately following year.
(c) The board may take administrative action against any
((tobacco)) cigarette sampler who fails to submit the required
reports.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. 93-23-016, § 314-10-100, filed 11/5/93, effective 12/6/93.]
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 314-10-050 | Sales to persons under 18 years of age. |