HB 2346 - DIGEST |
Requires the state director of fire protection to determine for each variety of cigarette sold or proposed for sale in this state whether that variety of cigarette is fire safe. |
Requires the state director of fire protection to issue, keep current, and make available to the public a list of the cigarette varieties determined by the state director of fire protection to be fire safe. |
Authorizes the state director of fire protection, by rule or upon application, to approve cigarette package or carton markings, stickers, labeling, or other devices that identify a cigarette variety as fire safe. |
Provides that a person may not distribute or offer to sell a cigarette within this state unless the cigarette is of a variety the state director of fire protection has listed as fire safe under this act. |
Authorizes the state director of fire protection to impose a civil penalty for a violation of this act. The civil penalty may not exceed: (1) For a person who distributes or offers to sell cigarettes to a wholesaler or retailer, ten thousand dollars or five times the value of the cigarettes involved in the violation, whichever is greater; or |
(2) For a person who distributes or offers to sell cigarettes to the public: (a) For a distribution or offer of not more than one thousand cigarettes, five hundred dollars; and (b) for a distribution or offer of more than one thousand cigarettes, one thousand dollars or five times the retail value of the cigarettes involved in the violation, whichever is greater. |