California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 2 - License for Retailers of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products

• Section 22971.7.
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (b), and notwithstanding subdivision (s) of Section 22971, a “tobacco product” includes a product...
• Section 22972.
  (a) Commencing June 30, 2004, a retailer shall have in place and maintain a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. A...
• Section 22972.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 22972 or Section 22973, the board may issue to a retailer a temporary license with a scheduled expiration date, as determined by the...
• Section 22973.
  (a) An application for a license shall be filed on or before April 15, 2004, on a form prescribed by the board and shall include the...
• Section 22973.1.
  (a) The board shall issue a license to a retailer upon receipt of a completed application and payment of the fees prescribed in Section 22973, unless...
• Section 22973.2.
  The board shall, upon request, provide to the State Department of Health Services, the office of the Attorney General, a law enforcement agency, and any...
• Section 22973.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an application for a license for the sale of a tobacco product, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 22950.5, that...
• Section 22974.
  A retailer shall retain purchase invoices that meet the requirements set forth in Section 22978.4 for all cigarettes or tobacco products the retailer purchased for...
• Section 22974.3.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, upon discovery by the board or a law enforcement agency that a retailer or any other person possesses,...
• Section 22974.4.
  The board shall revoke the license, pursuant to the provisions applicable to the revocation of a license as set forth in Section 30148 of the...
• Section 22974.5.
  Any retailer who fails to display a license as required in Section 22972 shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be liable for a...
• Section 22974.7.
  In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law, upon a finding that a retailer has violated any provision of this division,...
• Section 22974.8.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall suspend or revoke the license of a retailer upon notification by the State Department of Public...

Last modified: October 22, 2018