Bill Text: MI SB0155 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Tobacco: retail sales; sellers of liquid nicotine containers to ensure that the products meet certain requirements; require, and restrict customer access to certain products. Amends 1915 PA 31 (MCL 722.641 - 722.645) by adding secs. 2b & 2c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0106'19

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-05 - Assigned Pa 0017'19 With Immediate Effect [SB0155 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0155-Enrolled.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2019

Introduced by Senators Bullock, Outman, Wojno, Johnson, McMorrow, Lucido, Polehanki, Hertel, Bayer, Moss, Brinks, Zorn, McBroom, Bizon and Hollier

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 155

AN ACT to amend 1915 PA 31, entitled “An act to establish the status of minors; to define the rights and duties of parents; to establish rights and duties to provide support for a child after the child reaches the age of majority under certain circumstances; and to establish the conditions for emancipation of minors,” (MCL 722.641 to 722.645) by adding sections 2b and 2c.

 

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

 

Sec. 2b. (1) A person shall not sell in this state a liquid nicotine container unless the liquid nicotine container meets the child-resistant effectiveness standards of 16 CFR 1700.15(b).

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00 for each violation.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) “Liquid nicotine” means a liquid or other substance containing nicotine in any concentration that is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a noncombustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any other substance, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking.

(b) “Liquid nicotine container” means a bottle or other container holding liquid nicotine in any concentration but does not include a cartridge containing liquid nicotine if the cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the manufacturer of the cartridge and is not intended to be opened by the consumer.

 

Sec. 2c. A person who sells vapor products or alternative nicotine products at retail shall not display for sale in this state a vapor product unless the vapor product is stored for sale behind a counter in an area accessible only to employees or within a locked case so that a customer wanting access to the vapor product must ask an employee for assistance. A person who violates this section is responsible for a state civil infraction and shall be fined not more than $500.00.

 

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

 

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 106 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.

 

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

 

Secretary of the Senate

 

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor

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