LD 104
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Page 1 of 2 An Act To Require Cigarettes Sold in Maine To Be Fire-safe LD 104 Title Page
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3.__Cigarette Fire Safety Fund; established.__The Cigarette
Fire Safety Fund is established in the Department of Public
Safety as a nonlapsing dedicated account.__All civil fines
collected under Title 22, section 1555-E, subsection 2 must be
transferred by the Treasurer of State to the Cigarette Fire
Safety Fund for use by the department and the State Fire Marshal
for fire safety and prevention programs.

 
4.__Rules.__The State Fire Marshal may adopt routine technical
rules in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to
ensure that the standards under subsection 1 are in place no
later than January 1, 2006.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2006, only
cigarettes that meet the standards of fire-safe cigarettes as
established by the State Fire Marshal may be offered for sale in
this State.


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