California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 3 - License for Wholesalers and Distributors of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products

• Section 22975.
  (a) In addition to licenses required pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section 30001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, commencing June 30,...
• Section 22976.
  A distributor or a wholesaler that, at the time of application, holds a valid license issued by the board pursuant to Section 30140 or 30155...
• Section 22977.
  (a) An application for a license shall be on a form prescribed by the board and shall include the following:(1) The name, address, and telephone number of...
• Section 22977.1.
  (a) Every distributor and every wholesaler shall file an application, as prescribed in Section 22977, on or before April 15, 2004. Each application shall be accompanied...
• Section 22977.2.
  (a) The board shall issue a license to a distributor or a wholesaler upon receipt of a completed application and payment of the fee prescribed in...
• Section 22978.
  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 22978.1.
  All distributors and all wholesalers shall retain purchase records that meet the requirements set forth in Section 22978.5 for all cigarettes or tobacco products purchased....
• Section 22978.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, upon discovery by the board or a law enforcement agency that a distributor possesses, stores, owns, or has...
• Section 22978.4.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (7), each distributor and each wholesaler shall include the following information on each invoice for the sale of cigarettes...
• Section 22978.5.
  (a) Each distributor and each wholesaler of cigarette and tobacco products subject to licensing under this chapter shall maintain accurate and complete records relating to the...
• Section 22978.6.
  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 22978.7.
  In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law, upon a finding that any distributor or any wholesaler has violated any provision...
• Section 22978.8.
  The board shall include on its Web site the name of any wholesaler or distributor whose license has been suspended or revoked.(Added by Stats. 2004,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018