.317   Prohibitions against sale of or making available cigarettes packaged in units of fewer than twenty -- Penalties.


438.317 Prohibitions against sale of or making available cigarettes packaged in
units of fewer than twenty -- Penalties.
(1)
No person shall sell or cause to be sold at retail cigarettes packaged in units of
fewer than twenty (20) cigarettes.
(2)
No resident wholesaler, nonresident wholesaler, or subjobber shall make available
to a retail establishment cigarettes packaged for retail sale in units of less than
twenty (20) cigarettes.
(3)
Any person violating subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
Any person violating subsection (2) of this section shall be fined not less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500). These penalties shall be enforced by the Office of Alcoholic Beverage
Control through civil enforcement procedures.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History:Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 479, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97,
98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to
agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming
the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this
section.
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