DIVISION 8.5. STOP TOBACCO ACCESS TO KIDS ENFORCEMENT ACT [22950. - 22964.]
Division 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1009, Sec. 1.
§§ 22950–22964 · 16 sections
- § 22950 This Division shall be known and may be referred to as the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act or the STAKE Act.
- § 22950.5 For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Enforcing…
- § 22951 The Legislature finds and declares that reducing and eventually eliminating the illegal purchase and consumption of tobacco products by any person under 21…
- § 22952 The State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following: (a) Establish and develop a program to reduce the availability of tobacco products to…
- § 22953 All moneys collected as civil penalties by the department and other state agencies pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the…
- § 22954 (a) Any cigarette or tobacco products distributor or wholesaler as defined in Sections 30011 and 30016 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and licensed under…
- § 22955 Agents of the state department, while conducting enforcement activities pursuant to this division, are peace officers and are subject to all of the powers and…
- § 22956 All persons engaging in the retail sale of tobacco products shall check the identification of tobacco purchasers, to establish the age of the purchaser, if the…
- § 22957 (a) In addition to the primary enforcement responsibility assumed by the department, another enforcing agency may conduct inspections and assess penalties for…
- § 22958 (a) An enforcing agency may assess civil penalties against any person, firm, or corporation that sells, gives, or in any way furnishes to another person who is…
- § 22959 (a) The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be transferred annually from the portion of the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment block…
- § 22960 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no cigarette or tobacco product shall be sold, offered for sale, or distributed from a vending machine or appliance,…
- § 22961 (a) No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other organization shall advertise or cause to be advertised any tobacco products on any outdoor billboard…
- § 22962 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Self-service display” means the open display of tobacco products or…
- § 22963 (a) The sale, distribution, or nonsale distribution of tobacco products directly or indirectly to any person under 21 years of age through the United States…
- § 22964 This division sets forth minimum state restrictions with respect to the legal age to purchase or possess tobacco products and does not preempt or otherwise…