2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8.6 - CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS LICENSING ACT OF 2003
CHAPTER 5 - Inspections,Prohibitions, and Penalties
Section 22980.2.

22980.2. (a) A person or entity that engages in the business of selling cigarettes or tobacco products in this state either without a valid license or after a license has been suspended or revoked, and each officer of any corporation that so engages in this business, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 22981.

(b) Each day after notification by the board or by a law enforcement agency that a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, importer, retailer, or any other person required to be licensed under this division offers cigarette and tobacco products for sale or exchange without a valid license for the location from which they are offered for sale shall constitute a separate violation.

(c) Continued sales or gifting of cigarettes and tobacco products either without a valid license or after a notification of suspension or revocation shall constitute a violation punishable as provided in Section 22981, and shall result in the seizure of all cigarettes and tobacco products in the possession of the person by the board or a law enforcement agency. Any cigarettes and tobacco products seized by the board or by a law enforcement agency shall be deemed forfeited.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017, and, as of April 1, 2017, is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7, Sec. 6. Effective June 9, 2016. Inoperative January 1, 2017. Repealed as of April 1, 2017, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 7 of Stats. 2016, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7)