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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 11, 2010

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 88, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE RESTRICTIONS, by Representative R. Menlove, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 36 through 37 :    

             36      criminal penalties for violation of those prohibitions;

  and      

             37          
{   .    addresses advertising requirements relating to electronic cigarettes; and   }


2.    Page 2, Line 54 :    

             54          
{   76-10-112, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1989, Chapter 193   }


3.    Page 15, Line 450 through Page 16, Line 466 :    

             450          
{   Section 10. Section 76-10-112 is amended to read:

             451          76-10-112. Prohibition of distribution of electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, or other
             452      tobacco products -- Exceptions.
             453          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), it is unlawful for a manufacturer, wholesaler,
             454      or retailer to give or distribute electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, or other tobacco

products in this
             455      state without charge. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class C
             456      misdemeanor for the first offense and a class B misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.
             457          (2) [Cigarettes] Electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products may be
             458      distributed to adults without charge at professional conventions where the general public is
             459      excluded.
             460          (3) The prohibition described in Subsection (1) does not apply to [retailers,
             461      manufacturers, or distributors who give cigarettes or other tobacco products to persons of legal
             462      age upon their purchase of cigarettes or other tobacco products.] a retailer, manufacturer, or
             463      distributor who gives electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, or other tobacco products to a person of
             464      legal age upon the person's purchase of an electronic cigarette, cigarettes, or another tobacco
             465      product.   }
             466          Section

{   11   }        10       . Section 77-39-101 is amended to read:


        Respectfully,

        D. Chris Buttars
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-0-2
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