Plain English Breakdown
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AB-1107: Nitrous Oxide Sales and Business Licenses
This law adds nitrous oxide distribution crimes to the list of reasons a business can lose its tobacco license or be barred from getting one.
What This Bill Does
- Requires courts to suspend a business license for up to one year if an owner knowingly breaks nitrous oxide rules after being previously convicted of those same violations.
- Adds specific crimes related to distributing nitrous oxide as reasons to cancel or refuse tobacco and cigarette product licenses.
- Stops the state from issuing new retail tobacco licenses to people convicted of specified nitrous oxide distribution crimes.
Who It Names or Affects
- Retailers who sell cigarettes or tobacco products in California
- Business owners who distribute or dispense nitrous oxide and face license suspension for repeat violations
Terms To Know
- Nitrous Oxide
- A gas that distributors must record when selling, which is illegal to sell if the seller knows it will be used unlawfully and causes injury or death.
- Misdemeanor
- The type of crime created by breaking existing laws about nitrous oxide distribution or recording sales.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state the exact date this law will take effect.
- The bill mentions exceptions to license suspensions but does not list what those specific exceptions are in the provided summary.