SSB 5011 -
By Senators Kauffman, Roach
ADOPTED 03/04/2009
On page 3, beginning on line 3, strike all of subsection (a)
Reletter the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
On page 3, beginning on line 7, after "consumers," strike all material through "day." on line 8 and insert "a written warning for the first violation and a monetary penalty of five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation."
On page 3, line 10, after "consumers" strike all material through "day." and insert "a written warning for the first violation and a monetary penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent violation."
EFFECT: Removes the civil penalty provisions of ten thousand dollars per violation per day for a manufacturer that distributes or offers to sell novelty lighters to a wholesale dealer or retail dealer. Amends the civil penalty for a wholesale dealer that distributes or offers to sell novelty lighters to retail dealers or consumers from one thousand dollars per violation per day, to a written warning for the first violation and a monetary penalty of five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. Amends the civil penalty for a retail dealer that distributes or offers to sell novelty lighters to consumers from five hundred dollars per violation per day, to a written warning for the first violation and a monetary penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent violation.