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                                                                  AB 2733
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          Date of Hearing:   May 19, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    AB 2733 (Ruskin) - As Amended:  May 12, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            17 - 0 
                        Judiciary                               9 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill would make the following changes to the Cigarette and  
          Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003: 

          1)Require all cigarettes and tobacco products to be removed from  
            clearly and easily visible retail stock during a period of  
            suspension or after a license has been revoked. 

          2)Require a suspended or revoked licensee to post a notice of  
            that suspension or revocation at each public entrance and each  
            cash register, as provided. 

          3)Prohibit licensees who purchased cigarettes or tobacco  
            products for resale under their license from gifting such  
            products during the period of suspension or after a license  
            has been revoked. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Workload costs for the Board of Equalization would be minor  
            and absorbable within existing resources. 

          2)Potential minor nonreimbursable costs to counties for  
            prosecution and incarceration related to violations of the  
            bill's provisions, offset to some extent by fine revenues.  
            (The bill expands provisions of current law, the violation of  
            which is a misdemeanor.)

           COMMENTS  









                                                                  AB 2733
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           Purpose  . This bill is intended to establish clear prohibitions  
          against a licensee displaying or giving away their cigarette  
          products if their tobacco license has been suspended or revoked.  
          According to the sponsor, the Board of Equalization, this bill  
          is intended to ensure that persons or entities licensed to sell  
          or distribute cigarettes and tobacco products do not continue to  
          do so during a period of license suspension or revocation and to  
          clarify just what licensees (or former licensees) can or cannot  
          do during a period of suspension or revocation.  

           Analysis Prepared by :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081