§ 30011

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 634, Sec. 5. Effective September 21, 1989.

“Distributor” includes:

(a)Every person who, after 4 o’clock a.m. on July 1, 1959, and within the meaning of the term “distribution” as defined in this chapter, distributes cigarettes.
(b)Every person who, on or after 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 1989, and within the meaning of the term “distribution” as defined in this chapter, distributes tobacco products.
(c)Every person who sells or accepts orders for cigarettes or tobacco products

which are to be transported from a point outside this state to a consumer within this state.

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