AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 83 be amended as follows:
On page 2, between lines 12 and 13 of the printed bill, insert:
"
Section 5. That chapter
34-46
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
The provisions of this Act do not apply to any establishment licensed pursuant to subdivision 35-
4-2(4) or (6) that was in compliance on January 1, 2009, with, and maintains compliance with, the
following requirements:
(1) Generates ten percent or more of its annual gross income from the sale of cigars. For the
purposes of this section, a cigar is any individual roll of tobacco that has a wrapper or
cover consisting only of tobacco, that measures a number forty ring size or larger, and that
is sold without a filter;
(2) Has a humidor on the premises; and
(3) Is enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling, and a solid door and is equipped with a
ventilation system by which exhausted air is not recirculated to nonsmoking areas and
smoke is not backstreamed into nonsmoking areas.
Any establishment meeting the requirements of this section may permit the smoking of cigars
and any premium tobacco product purchased on the premises. However, no establishment may
permit the smoking of any other tobacco product on the premises. The establishment shall post a
notice of the prohibition.
Any establishment meeting the requirements of this section shall annually report to the
Department of Revenue and Regulation, on a form prescribed by the department, the revenue
generated from the sale of cigars as a percentage of annual gross income.".