2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 26:932 — Definitions

§932.  Definitions

For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this Chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1)  "Approved provider" means an individual, unincorporated association, partnership, or corporation approved by the program administrator to provide server training courses.

(2)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control.

(3)  "Program administrator" means a committee of seven persons provided for in R.S. 26:933.

(4)  "Responsible vendor" means any vendor as defined in Paragraph (9) who qualifies and maintains certification in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(5)  "Server" means any employee of a vendor who is authorized to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or tobacco products in the normal course of his or her employment or deals with customers who purchase or consume alcoholic beverages or tobacco products.  "Server" shall not include individuals employed on a temporary or casual basis by a bona fide hotel or motel for banquets, catering, or other special events.

(6)  "Server permit" means the permit issued to a server upon completion of a server training course and all required refresher courses provided for in this Chapter.

(7)  "Tobacco wholesale dealer" means a dealer whose principal business is that of a wholesaler, who sells cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products to retail dealers for purpose of resale, who is a bona fide wholesaler, and fifty percent or more of whose total tobacco sales are to retail stores other than its own or its subsidiaries within Louisiana.  Wholesale dealer shall include any person in the state who acquires cigarettes solely for the purpose of resale in vending machines, provided such person services fifty or more cigarette vending machines in Louisiana other than his own, and a Louisiana dealer who was affixing cigarette and tobacco stamps as of January 1, 1974.

(8)  "Tobacconist" means a retail dealer engaged in receiving bulk smoking tobacco for the purpose of blending such tobacco for retail sale at a particular retail outlet where fifty percent or more of the total purchases for the preceding twelve months were purchases of tobacco products, excluding cigarettes.

(9)  "Vendor" means any holder of a Class "A" General, Class "A" Restaurant, or Class "B" retail permit issued pursuant to R.S. 26:71 or R.S. 26:271 or any holder of Retail Dealer Registration Certificate or Retail Dealer Permit defined by R.S. 26:902.

Acts 1997, No. 1054, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1370, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 881, §1.