1746-S AMH CODY MADS 3

SHB 1746 - H AMD 211 ADOPTED 3-14-97

By Representative Cody

     On page 5, after line 14, insert the following:

ASec. 8. RCW 26.28.080 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 ' 437 are each amended to read as follows:

     Every person, including a parent or guardian, who sells or gives, or permits to be sold or given to any person under the age of eighteen years any cigar, cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapper, or tobacco in any form is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

     It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the person acted, or was believed by the defendant to act, as agent or representative of another.@

Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Parents and guardians are specifically included in the criminal prohibition against giving or selling cigarettes or tobacco products to a person under the age of 18.