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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-46 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING AND RENAMING SECTION 15-412 OF ARTICLE IV, CHAPTER 15, OF THE CODE OF CITY OF NORMAN TO THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO AND VAPOR PRODUCTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF; PROHIBITING THE FURNISHING OF TOBACCO AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, PROVIDING FINES AND COSTS FOR VIOLATIONS, AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO AND VAPOR PRODUCTS BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, PROVIDING FINES AND COSTS FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY NOTIFICATION OF FAILURE TO PAY SUCH FINES; PROHIBITING DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO AND VAPOR PRODUCT SAMPLES; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOBACCO EXCEPT IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING; PROHIBITING THE DISPLAY OR SALE OF TOBACCO OR VAPOR PRODUCTS WHERE SELF-ACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS UNDER SECTION 15-412 TO THE ABLE COMMISSION; AMENDING SECTION 15-506 WHICH REFERENCED THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF SECTION 15-412; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: City Staff presented a draft ordinance on February 13, 2020, to the City Council Oversight Committee adding and amending certain section of Chapter 15 of the City Code relating to vapor and tobacco products. These changes added definitions for vapor and tobacco products and prohibited the furnishing or possession of vapor products for minors under the age of eighteen (18). The Council Oversight Committee directed Staff to bring the ordinance forward to the full Council for adoption.
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State law
In 2014, the State passed Senate Bill 1602 which amended the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act and other laws concerning juvenile offenses to include prohibitions on vapor products for anyone under the age of 18. The amendments added the definition of "va...
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