BILL NUMBER: SB 977	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2016

   An act to add Article 1.6 (commencing with Section 118917) to
Chapter 4 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to tobacco.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 977, as introduced, Pan. Tobacco: youth sports events.
   Existing law generally prohibits the smoking of tobacco in the
workplace and in public buildings, except in specified areas.
   This bill would prohibit the use of a tobacco product, as defined,
within 250 feet of a youth sports event, as defined. The bill would
make a violation of this provision a crime punishable by a $100 fine.
By establishing a new crime, this bill would create a state-mandated
local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 1.6 (commencing with Section 118917) is added
to Chapter 4 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

      Article 1.6.  Tobacco Products at Youth Sports Events


   118917.  (a) A person shall not use a tobacco product within 250
feet of a youth sports event.
   (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction,
punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
   (c) For purposes of this section, youth sports event means any
practice, game, or other related activity organized by a nonprofit
youth sports organization where athletes up to 18 years of age are
present.
   (d) For purposes of this section, tobacco product means any of the
following:
   (1) A product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or
nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked,
heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or
ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to,
cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, or
snuff.
   (2) An electronic device that delivers nicotine or other vaporized
liquids to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not
limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, or hookah.
   (3) Any component, part, or accessory of a product described in
paragraph (1) or (2), whether or not sold separately.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.