SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119636

• Record No: CB 119636
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119636
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/23/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125937
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale and use of tobacco and marijuana products to and by minors; amending Sections 6.240.010 and 6.240.100 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Section 12A.20.110 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
• Sponsors: Bruce Harrell
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Ordinance 125937, 3. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/4/2019	1	Mayor	returned
10/4/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
9/27/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/23/2019	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/17/2019	1	Governance, Equity, and Technology Committee	pass	Pass
9/9/2019	1	City Council	referred
9/5/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
9/5/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale and use of tobacco and marijuana products to and by minors; amending Sections 6.240.010 and 6.240.100 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding a new Section 12A.20.110 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6.240.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 124301, is amended as follows:
6.240.010 Definitions ((.))
As used in this ((chapter)) Chapter 6.240, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A. "Minor" means any individual who is less than ((eighteen (18))) 21 years of age.
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Section 2. Section 6.240.100 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 124301, is amended as follows:
6.240.100 Sale of tobacco product to minor unlawful((.))
A. Every person who sells or gives, or permits to be sold or given, to any ((person under the age of eighteen (18) years)) minor any cigar, cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapper, tobacco in any form, or a vapor product is guilty of a gross misdemeanor subject to the provisions of Chapters 12A.02 and 12A.04, except that absolute liability shall be imposed and none of the mental states described in Section 12A.04.030 need be proved. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this subsection that the person acted, or was believed by the defendant to act, as agent or representative of another.
B. No tobacco product retailer shall sell or permit any agent or employee of such retailer to sell any tobacco product to a potential purchaser where there may be any question of such purchaser's right to purchase a tobacco product because of ((his or her)) the purchaser's age, without first having requested and examined identification provided by the potential purchaser that positively establishes that said person is not ((less than eighteen (18) years old))...