HB 1701 -- Licensure of Tobacco Retailers

Sponsor:  Stevenson

This bill requires a retailer of cigarettes or tobacco products
to have a tobacco sales license issued by the Division of Alcohol
and Tobacco Control within the Department of Public Safety, pay
an annual $50 fee by May 1, and have a retail sales tax license
before selling any products.  The license must be continuously
and publicly displayed at the retailer's place of business.  Any
person or entity violating the provisions of the bill will be
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of between $100 and
$1,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.  Any moneys
collected under the provisions of the bill will be deposited into
the newly created Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Trust Fund to
support the division's enforcement of liquor control and tobacco
enforcement laws.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm