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ORDINANCE NO. 97-10
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
SCOTT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAYfER 13, OF THE
PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE REGULATING THE
SALE OF TOBACCO-RELATED PRODUCTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE ORDAINS:
Section 1. The Prior Lake City Code, Title Three, Chapter 13, Section 3-13-3, paragraph 8, is
amended, by changing the age specified in the paragraph, to read as follows:
3-13-3: LICENSE REOUIRED:
8. Instructional Program. No person shall be issued a license or renewal license to sell
tobacco-related products unless an applicant or license holder has an approved program for instructing
all employees at the business premises for which the license was issued, in the legal requirements
pertaining to the sale of tobacco-related products, including, but not limited to, reviewing the law on
the sale of tobacco-related products, providing information on the health risks of using tobacco-related
products, and requiring employees to request identification from every customer who appears to be
under 27 years of age. No license shall be issued unless the applicant or license holder signs a City
form attesting that each employee of the applicant or license holder has received training and instruction
on the sale of tobacco-related products and the date such training occurred. The training shall include
information that the sale of tobacco-related products to minors is illegal, explains what proof of age is
legally acceptable, and that a sale to a minor can subject the applicant or license holder and their
employees to criminal and/or civil liability.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Prior Lake City Council
this 7*'h day of -4:n'1 ' 1997.
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
BY~_~~~.
Lydia Andr n
Its Mayor
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