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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. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 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. 30 31 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 265 584-101A-97 1 ***************************************** 2 HOUSE SUMMARY 3 Prohibits the possession of tobacco products by persons 4 under 18 years of age. See bill for details. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2