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| | | An Act To Regulate the Delivery and Sales of Tobacco |
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| | | Products and To Prevent the Sale of Tobacco Products to |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1551, sub-§§1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2-A, 2-B and 3-A are enacted to | | read: |
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| | | 1-A.__Consumer.__"Consumer" means an individual who purchases, | | receives or possesses tobacco products for personal consumption | | and not for resale. |
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| | | 1-B.__Delivery sale.__"Delivery sale" means a sale of tobacco | | products to a consumer in this State when: |
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| | | A. The purchaser submits the order for the sale by means of | | telephonic or other electronic method of voice transmission, | | the Internet or any delivery service; or |
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| | | B. The tobacco products are delivered by use of a delivery | | service. |
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| | | A sale to a person who is not licensed as a tobacco distributor | | or tobacco retailer is a delivery sale. |
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| | | 1-C.__Delivery service.__"Delivery service" means a person, | | including the United States Postal Service, who is engaged in the | | commercial delivery of letters, packages or other containers. |
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