Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 549 (BDR 15-1372)
Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary
Amendment Box: Resolves conflict with S.B. No. 87. Makes substantive change.
Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 and 2 and renumbering sections 3 through 6 as sections 1 through 4.
Amend sec. 5, page 3, by deleting lines 9 through 30 and inserting:
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1. A child under the age of 18 years shall not falsely represent that he is 18 years of age or older to purchase or obtain cigarettes, cigarette paper, tobacco of any description or products made from tobacco.2. A child who is found to have engaged in an act that is prohibited by subsection 1 must be treated in the manner set forth in NRS 62.212 and in addition to any other action ordered pursuant to NRS 62.212, may be ordered to pay a fine of not more than $100.".
Amend sec. 6, page 3, by deleting lines 39 through 43 and inserting:
"(2)
Engages in an act described in subsection 1 of section 3 of this act;".Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 7 and renumbering sec. 8 as sec. 5.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 28, by deleting "
section 5" and inserting "section 3".Amend sec. 8, page 7, by deleting lines 36 and 37 and inserting:
"program of sports or physical fitness that is adequately supervised or a publicly or privately operated program for the arts that is adequately supervised. A program for the arts may include, but is not limited to, drawing, painting, photography or other visual arts, musical, dance or theatrical performance, writing or any other structured activity that involves creative or artistic expression. If the court orders the child to participate in a program of sports or physical fitness or a program for the arts, the court may order any or all of the".
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 9 and renumbering sections 10 and 11 as sections 6 and 7.
Amend sec. 10, page 9, line 28, by deleting:
"to 4, inclusive," and inserting "and 2".
Amend sec. 11, page 9, by deleting lines 31 through 39 and inserting:
"Sec. 7. The amendatory provisions of sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act do not apply to a false representation made by a child who is under 18 years of age to purchase or obtain cigarettes, cigarette paper, tobacco of any description or products made from tobacco that occurred before October 1, 1999.".
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 8, following sec. 11, to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. 1. This section and sections 1 to 4, inclusive, and 6 and 7 of this act become effective on October 1, 1999.
2. Section 5 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 1999.".
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
"AN ACT relating to tobacco; prohibiting a person from selling cigarettes in packages that contain fewer than 20 cigarettes; revising the limitations on the public areas in which cigarette vending machines may be placed; providing that a minor who falsely represents his age to purchase tobacco products is in need of supervision; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".