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House Bill 0265




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 265

        By Representative Putnam






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to tobacco products; creating

  3         s. 569.11, F.S.; prohibiting the possession of

  4         tobacco products by certain minors; providing

  5         for the removal of such products from the

  6         possession of the minor; authorizing the

  7         detention of a minor in violation of the act;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 569.11, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         569.11  Possession of tobacco products by persons under

15  18 years of age prohibited; removal of tobacco product from

16  minor; detention authorized.--

17         (1)  It is unlawful for any person under 18 years of

18  age to knowingly possess any tobacco product, except a person

19  acting in the scope of his or her lawful employment with an

20  entity licensed under the provisions of chapter 210 or this

21  chapter.

22         (2)  Any law enforcement officer who detains a minor,

23  governed by the provisions of this section, may remove the

24  tobacco product from the minor's possession. Any other

25  provision of the Florida Statutes to the contrary

26  notwithstanding, possession of tobacco products by a minor in

27  violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute

28  grounds for a law enforcement officer to detain the minor.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 265

    584-101A-97






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      Prohibits the possession of tobacco products by persons
  4    under 18 years of age.  See bill for details.

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