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2504
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2504
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2140)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
sale
of
nitrous
oxide.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2504
Section
1.
Section
126.22,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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2.
Unlawful
distribution.
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a.
Any
person
who
distributes
nitrous
oxide,
or
possesses
4
nitrous
oxide
with
intent
to
distribute
to
any
other
person,
5
if
such
distribution
is
with
the
intent
to
induce
unlawful
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inhaling
of
the
substance
or
is
with
the
knowledge
that
the
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other
person
will
unlawfully
inhale
the
substance,
is
guilty
of
8
a
serious
misdemeanor.
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b.
The
distribution
of,
or
possession
with
intent
to
10
distribute,
nitrous
oxide
by
a
place
of
business
or
retailer,
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as
defined
in
section
453A.1,
creates
a
rebuttable
presumption
12
that
the
place
of
business
or
retailer
distributes
or
possesses
13
nitrous
oxide
in
violation
of
paragraph
“a”
.
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EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
creates
a
rebuttable
presumption
that
a
place
of
18
business
or
retailer,
as
defined
in
Code
section
453A.1,
that
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distributes
or
possesses
with
intent
to
distribute
nitrous
20
oxide,
distributes
or
possesses
with
intent
to
distribute
21
nitrous
oxide
with
the
intent
to
induce
unlawful
inhaling
of
22
nitrous
oxide
or
with
the
knowledge
that
the
other
person
will
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unlawfully
inhale
the
nitrous
oxide.
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