California Business and Professions Code

§ 22980.1

BPC § 22980.1 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 8.6 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)A manufacturer or importer shall not sell cigarettes or tobacco products to a distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or any other person who is not licensed pursuant to this division or whose license has been suspended or revoked.

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a distributor or wholesaler shall not sell cigarettes or tobacco products to a retailer, wholesaler, distributor, or any other person who is not licensed pursuant to this division or whose license has been suspended or revoked.

(2)This subdivision does not apply to any sale of cigarettes or tobacco products by a distributor, wholesaler, or any other person to a retailer, wholesaler, distributor, or any other person that the state, pursuant to the United States Constitution, the laws of the United States, or the California Constitution, is prohibited from regulating.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 18. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.