HF 175

2nd Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

                               A bill for an act 
                  relating to public safety; mandating fire-retardant 
                  cigarette standards; proposing coding for new law in 
                  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [299F.85] [CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY.] 
           Subdivision 1.  [SAFETY STANDARDS.] No person, firm, or 
        corporation may manufacture, sell, or offer for sale or 
        distribution in this state any cigarette unless the manufacturer 
        of the cigarette has certified in writing to the state fire 
        marshal that at least 75 percent of the product sold complies 
        with the cigarette extinction method identified in the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology Technical Note 1436, dated 
        January 2001. 
           Subd. 2.  [CIGARETTE DEFINED.] For the purposes of this 
        section, "cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or 
        in part of tobacco or of any other substance, irrespective of 
        size and shape and whether or not the tobacco or substance is 
        flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, and 
        the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other 
        ingredient except tobacco. 
           Subd. 3.  [PREEMPTION.] If federal fire-retardant cigarette 
        standards are enacted that preempt this section, this section is 
        repealed on the day those federal standards take effect. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective July 1, 2004.