Texas Health And Safety Code Title 9, Chapter 796 - Cigarette Fire Safety Standards

• Texas Section 796.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Agent" means a person licensed by the comptroller to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes. (2)...
• Texas Section 796.002 - Requirements For Sale Of Cigarette
  A cigarette may not be sold or offered for sale in this state unless: (1) the cigarette has been tested in accordance with Section 796.003;...
• Texas Section 796.003 - Testing
  (a) A manufacturer of cigarettes shall ensure that tests on cigarettes are conducted: (1) in accordance with Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength...
• Texas Section 796.004 - Alternative Test Methods
  (a) A manufacturer of a cigarette that the state fire marshal determines cannot be tested in accordance with Section 796.003 shall propose a test method...
• Texas Section 796.005 - Certification
  (a) Before a cigarette may be sold or offered for sale in this state, the cigarette's manufacturer must certify in writing to the state fire...
• Texas Section 796.006 - Marking Of Package
  (a) A manufacturer shall mark, in eight-point or larger type, cigarettes certified by the manufacturer in accordance with Section 796.005 to indicate compliance with the...
• Texas Section 796.007 - Manufacturer Records And Reporting
  (a) A manufacturer shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale for the previous three years and...
• Texas Section 796.008 - Rules
  The state fire marshal may adopt rules to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 909 (H.B. 2935), Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 796.009 - Inspection
  (a) The state fire marshal may inspect the records and the stock of cigarettes of a person who manufactures, stores, or sells cigarettes to establish...
• Texas Section 796.010 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) A person who knowingly violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty in the following amounts:...
• Texas Section 796.011 - Fire Prevention And Public Safety Account
  (a) The fire prevention and public safety account is a separate account in the general revenue fund. (b) The account consists of civil penalties collected...
• Texas Section 796.012 - Sale Outside Of Texas
  This chapter does not prohibit a person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter if: (1) the cigarettes...
• Texas Section 796.013 - Interpretation
  This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform this chapter with the laws of those states...
• Texas Section 796.014 - Consumer Testing
  This chapter does not prohibit the sale of a cigarette solely for the purpose of the cigarette's assessment conducted by a manufacturer, or under the...
• Texas Section 796.015 - Local Regulation
  A political subdivision of this state may not adopt or enforce any ordinance or other regulation conflicting with, or preempted by, any provision of this...
• Texas Section 796.016 - Federal Regulation
  On and after the date that a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard that preempts this chapter is adopted and becomes effective, this chapter has...
• Texas Section 796.017 - Reports
  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the state fire marshal shall: (1) review the effectiveness of this chapter; (2) submit a report...

Last modified: September 28, 2016