CHAPTER 444

H.P. 910 - L.D. 1236

An Act To Regulate the Delivery and Sales of Tobacco

Products and To Prevent the Sale of Tobacco Products to

Minors

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1551, sub-§§1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2-A, 2-B and 3-A are enacted to read:

1-A.__Consumer.__"Consumer" means an individual who purchases, receives or possesses tobacco products for personal consumption and not for resale.

1-B.__Delivery sale.__"Delivery sale" means a sale of tobacco products to a consumer in this State when:

A. The purchaser submits the order for the sale by means of telephonic or other electronic method of voice transmission, the Internet or any delivery service; or

B. The tobacco products are delivered by use of a delivery service.

A sale to a person who is not licensed as a tobacco distributor or tobacco retailer is a delivery sale.

1-C.__Delivery service.__"Delivery service" means a person, including the United States Postal Service, who is engaged in the commercial delivery of letters, packages or other containers.