By Mr. Fennell of Lynn, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2089) of Robert F. Fennell and Carl M. Sciortino, Jr., relative to the sale of tobacco products to minors.  Public Health.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Robert F. Fennell

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the sale of tobacco products to minors. .

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 270 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition,  is hereby amended by inserting after section 6A the following section:—

Section 6B.  Any person under 18 years of age who purchases or attempts to purchase tobacco in any form or makes arrangements with any person to purchase or in any way procures such tobacco or who willfully misrepresents his age, or in any way alters, defaces or otherwise falsifies his identification offered as proof of age with the intent of purchasing tobacco either for his own use or the use of any other person shall be punished by a fine of $300 and whoever knowingly makes a false statement as to the age of a person who is under 18 years of age in order to procure a sale or delivery of such tobacco to such person under 18 years of age, either for the use of the person under 18 years of age or for the use of some other person and whoever induces a person under 18 years of age to make a false statement as to his age in order to procure a sale or delivery of such tobacco shall be punished by a fine of $300. A conviction of a violation of this section shall be reported forthwith to the registrar of motor vehicles by the court. Upon receipt of such notice the registrar shall thereupon suspend for 180 days the defendant’s license or right to operate a motor vehicle.