CHAPTER 122
HB 193-FN – FINAL VERSION
24Mar2009… 0823h
05/13/09 1520s
2009 SESSION
05/04
HOUSE BILL 193-FN
AN ACT establishing a fee for certification of reduced ignition propensity cigarettes.
SPONSORS: Rep. DeJoie, Merr 11; Rep. Bartlett, Merr 11; Rep. Stetson, Merr 10; Rep. Weare, Rock 14; Rep. Bridle, Rock 15
This bill authorizes the department of safety to charge a fee for certification of reduced ignition propensity cigarettes and provides that the funds shall be used to support fire safety education.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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24Mar2009… 0823h
05/13/09 1520s
09-0346
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT establishing a fee for certification of reduced ignition propensity cigarettes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
122:1 New Paragraphs; Certification of Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes. Amend RSA 339-F:6 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraphs:
IV. If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to paragraph II, and thereafter makes any change to the cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette propensity standard under RSA 339-F:3, such cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards in RSA 339-F:3 and maintains records of the retesting as required by RSA 339:F-5. Any altered cigarette that does not meet the performance standard in RSA 339-F:4 shall not be sold in this state.
V. For each cigarette listed for certification a manufacturer shall pay a fee of $250 to the department of safety for deposit in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d for the purpose of providing fire safety education pursuant to RSA 153:10-c.
VI. For each cigarette re-certified under this chapter a manufacturer shall pay a fee of $250 to the department of safety for deposit in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d for the purpose of providing fire safety education pursuant to RSA 153:10-c.
VII. The state fire marshal shall submit an annual report by December 31 relative to certification of reduced ignition propensity cigarettes to the standing committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over matters pertaining to health and human services and ways and means.
122:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.
Approved: June 22, 2009
Effective Date: January 1, 2010