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                         SENATE BILL 6356

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senator Quigley

Read first time 01/20/94.  Referred to Committee on Health & Human Services.

Providing an exception to the requirement that cigarette machines be located fully within premises from which minors are prohibited.

    AN ACT Relating to cigarette machine locations; and amending RCW 70.155.030.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.155.030 and 1993 c 507 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) No person shall sell or permit to be sold any tobacco product through any device that mechanically dispenses tobacco products unless the device is located fully within premises from which minors are prohibited or in industrial worksites where minors are not employed and not less than ten feet from all entrance or exit ways to and from each premises.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board shall adopt rules that allow an exception to the requirement that a device be located not less than ten feet from all entrance or exit ways to and from a premise under the following conditions:  (a) If no portion of the device is visible to any person who is outside the premise; (b) if the device is fully visible at all times to the employee or employees within the premise who exercise control over the device; and (c) if it is physically impractical for the device to be located not less than ten feet from all doorways and exits.  No application to the board is necessary for the exception provided in this section to be effective.

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