HB0248 - Tobacco purchases-acceptable identification.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0162

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0248

 

 

Tobacco purchases-acceptable identification.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Osborn and Senator(s) Job

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to prevention of tobacco sales to minors;
 2  specifying what constitutes acceptable identification;
 3  amending the affirmative defenses to the sale of tobacco
 4  products to minors as specified; and providing for an
 5  effective date.

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 7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 9         Section 1.  W.S. 14-3-302(f) and by creating a new
10  subsection (h) is amended to read:

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12         14-3-302.  Prohibited sales or delivery.

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14         (f)  It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution
15  under subsections (a) and (c) of this section and a
16  petition for injunction under subsection (e) of this
17  section that, in the case of a sale, the person who sold

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 1  the tobacco product demanded, was presented with, and
 2  reasonably relied upon, an identification card which:

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 4              (i)  Identified the person buying or receiving
 5  the tobacco product as being over eighteen (18) years of
 6  age; and

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 8              (ii)  Meets the standards specified in subsection
 9  (h) of this section.

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11         (h)  A motor vehicle driver's license, a registration
12  certificate issued under the Federal Military Selective
13  Service Act, an identification card issued to a member of
14  the armed forces, an internationally accepted passport
15  document with a discernible date of birth and photograph or
16  an identification card issued by the department of revenue
17  is prima facie evidence of the age and identity of a
18  person.

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 1         Section 2.  This act is effective immediately upon
 2  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
 3  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
 4  Constitution.

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 6                         (END)

 

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