A retailer must submit whether it sells tobacco, tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices or e-liquid, as defined in Section 16-17-501(3) and (4), or any other product used for smoking with its retail application. A retailer not previously designated as a tobacco retail establishment, as defined in Section 16-17-501, shall notify the department in the manner prescribed by the department prior to selling tobacco products. For the purposes of this section, tobacco retailers and tobacco retail establishments that have a retail license must supplement their retail license application to notify the department that they sell or distribute tobacco or tobacco products. For the purposes of this section, a retailer that sells tobacco, tobacco products, or any other product used for smoking that does not disclose on their initial retail application or supplement their retail license application is subject to a fine of not more than two hundred dollars and must file within fifteen days of notification of a failure to file. A retailer that fails to file within fifteen days after the notification is subject to a fine of two thousand dollars. HISTORY: 2023 Act No. within fifteen days of notification of a failure to file. A retailer that fails to file within fifteen days after the notification is subject to a fine of two thousand dollars. HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 38 (H.3681), Section 12, eff August 14, 2023.
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