CHAPTER 2. License for Retailers of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products [22971.7. - 22974.8.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 890, Sec. 1.
§§ 22971.7–22974.8 · 15 sections
- § 22971.7 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (b), and notwithstanding subdivision (v) of Section 22971, a “tobacco product” includes…
- § 22972 (a) Commencing June 30, 2004, a retailer shall have in place and maintain a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. A retailer that…
- § 22972.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 22972 or Section 22973, the board may issue to a retailer a temporary license with a scheduled expiration date, as determined by…
- § 22973 (a) An application for a retailer license, as defined in Section 22972, shall be filed in a form and manner prescribed by the department and shall include the…
- § 22973.1 (a) The board shall issue a license to a retailer upon receipt of a completed application and payment of the fees prescribed in Section 22973, unless any of…
- § 22973.2 The department shall, upon request, provide to the State Department of Public Health, the office of the Attorney General, a law enforcement agency, a local…
- § 22973.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an application for a retailer license, as defined in Section 22972, for the sale of a tobacco product, as defined in…
- § 22973.4 (a) On or before December 1, 2027, and again on or before December 1, 2029, the Legislative Analyst shall prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the…
- § 22974 A retailer shall retain purchase invoices that meet the requirements set forth in Section 22978.4 for all cigarettes or tobacco products the retailer purchased…
- § 22974.2 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, upon discovery by the department or a law enforcement agency that a retailer possesses, stores,…
- § 22974.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, upon discovery by the board or a law enforcement agency that a retailer or any other person…
- § 22974.4 The board shall revoke the license, pursuant to the provisions applicable to the revocation of a license as set forth in Section 30148 of the Revenue and…
- § 22974.5 Any retailer who fails to display a license as required in Section 22972 shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be liable for a penalty of five…
- § 22974.7 In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law, upon a finding that a retailer has violated any provision of this division, the board may…
- § 22974.8 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall suspend or revoke the license of a retailer upon notification by the State Department of Public…