Consumer Protection Committee

Filed: 3/3/2009

 

 


 

 


 
09600HB0604ham001 LRB096 07343 RLC 22639 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 604

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 604 on page 18, by
3 replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following:
4         "(1) within a retail establishment selling tobacco
5     products, unless the retailer has verified the purchaser's
6     age with a government issued identification;"; and
 
7 by replacing lines 8 through 11 with the following:
8     "This subsection (a-7) does not apply to the distribution
9 of a tobacco product sample in any adult-only facility."; and
 
10 on page 18, by inserting immediately below line 12 the
11 following:
12         ""Adult-only facility means a facility or restricted
13     area (whether open-air or enclosed) where the operator
14     ensures or has a reasonable basis to believe (such as by
15     checking identification as required under State law, or by
16     checking the identification of any person appearing to be

 

 

09600HB0604ham001 - 2 - LRB096 07343 RLC 22639 a

1     under the age of 27) that no person under legal age is
2     present. A facility or restricted area need not be
3     permanently restricted to persons under legal age to
4     constitute an adult-only facility, provided that the
5     operator ensures or has a reasonable basis to believe that
6     no person under legal age is present during the event or
7     time period in question.".