GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 796

Short Title:  Cigarette Papers Sales.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sands; and Odom.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF CIGARETTE WRAPPING PAPERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 
"§ 14-346.3. Sale of cigarette wrapping papers.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase cigarette wrapping papers without first providing a current drivers license or other identification document containing a recent photograph.
(b)	It shall be unlawful for any person to sell cigarette wrapping papers to anyone without first obtaining a positive identification of the purchaser and the name, address, and phone number of the purchaser.
(c)	Every seller of cigarette wrapping papers shall keep an accurate record of all sales of cigarette wrapping papers, including the name, address, and phone number of each purchaser, and the date of sale for a period of three years from the date of sale.  The record shall be open to the inspection of any duly constituted State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer, within this State.
A violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.