SB111,2235 18Section 2235 . 134.65 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1207,2419 134.65 (1r) A city, village, or town clerk may not require an applicant's
20signature on an application for a cigarette, vapor products, and tobacco products
21retailer license to be notarized. If a city, village, town, or any department of this state
22prepares an application form for a cigarette, vapor products, and tobacco products
23retailer license, the form may not require an applicant's signature on the form to be
24notarized.
SB111,2236 25Section 2236 . 134.65 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1134.65 (4) Every licensed retailer shall keep complete and accurate records of
2all purchases and receipts of cigarettes, vapor products, and tobacco products. Such
3records shall be preserved on the licensed premises for 2 years in such a manner as
4to insure permanency and accessibility for inspection and shall be subject to
5inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized state and local law enforcement
6officials.
SB111,2237 7Section 2237 . 134.65 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1208,108 134.65 (5m) Any person who knowingly provides materially false information
9in an application for a cigarette, vapor products, and tobacco products retailer license
10under this section may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000.
SB111,2238 11Section 2238 . 134.65 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1208,1312 134.65 (7) (a) 1. The person has violated s. 134.66 (2) (a), (am), (cm), or (e), or
13(f),
or a municipal ordinance adopted under s. 134.66 (5).
SB111,2239 14Section 2239 . 134.65 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1208,2015 134.65 (8) The uniform licensing of cigarette, vapor products, and tobacco
16products retailers is a matter of statewide concern. A city, village, or town may adopt
17an ordinance regulating the issuance, suspension, revocation, or renewal of a license
18under this section only if the ordinance strictly conforms to this section. If a city,
19village, or town has in effect on May 1, 2016, an ordinance that does not strictly
20conform to this section, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.
SB111,2240 21Section 2240 . 134.66 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1208,23 22134.66 (title) Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes or nicotine, vapor,
23or tobacco products.
SB111,2241 24Section 2241 . 134.66 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1208,2525 134.66 (1) (g) “Retailer" means any person licensed under s. 134.65 (1) (1d).
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1Section 2242. 134.66 (1) (jm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1209,22 134.66 (1) (jm) “Vapor product" has the meaning given in s. 139.75 (14).
SB111,2243 3Section 2243 . 134.66 (2) (a), (am), (b) and (cm) 1m. of the statutes are amended
4to read:
SB111,1209,145 134.66 (2) (a) No retailer, direct marketer, manufacturer, distributor, jobber or
6subjobber, no agent, employee or independent contractor of a retailer, direct
7marketer, manufacturer, distributor, jobber or subjobber and no agent or employee
8of an independent contractor may sell or provide for nominal or no consideration
9cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products , or vapor products to any person
10under the age of 18 21, except as provided in s. 254.92 (2) (a). A vending machine
11operator is not liable under this paragraph for the purchase of cigarettes, nicotine
12products, or tobacco products, or vapor products from his or her vending machine by
13a person under the age of 18 21 if the vending machine operator was unaware of the
14purchase.
SB111,1209,2315 (am) No retailer, direct marketer, manufacturer, distributor, jobber, subjobber,
16no agent, employee or independent contractor of a retailer, direct marketer,
17manufacturer, distributor, jobber or subjobber and no agent or employee of an
18independent contractor may provide for nominal or no consideration cigarettes,
19nicotine products, or tobacco products, or vapor products to any person except in a
20place where no person younger than 18 21 years of age is present or permitted to
21enter unless the person who is younger than 18 21 years of age is accompanied by his
22or her parent or guardian or by his or her spouse who has attained the age of 18 21
23years.
SB111,1210,224 (b) 1. A retailer shall post a sign in areas within his or her premises where
25cigarettes or, tobacco products , or vapor products are sold to consumers stating that

1the sale of any cigarette or, tobacco product, or vapor product to a person under the
2age of 18 21 is unlawful under this section and s. 254.92.
SB111,1210,63 2. A vending machine operator shall attach a notice in a conspicuous place on
4the front of his or her vending machines stating that the purchase of any cigarette
5or, tobacco product, or vapor product by a person under the age of 18 21 is unlawful
6under s. 254.92 and that the purchaser is subject to a forfeiture of not to exceed $50.
SB111,1210,127 (cm) 1m. A retailer or vending machine operator may not sell cigarettes or,
8tobacco products, or vapor product from a vending machine unless the vending
9machine is located in a place where the retailer or vending machine operator ensures
10that no person younger than 18 21 years of age is present or permitted to enter unless
11he or she is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian or by his or her spouse who
12has attained the age of 18 21 years.
SB111,2244 13Section 2244 . 134.66 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB111,1210,1714 134.66 (2) (f) A retailer shall place cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco
15products only in locations that are inaccessible to customers without the assistance
16of the retailer or the retailer's employee or agent, including behind the counter or in
17a locked case. This paragraph does not apply to any of the following:
SB111,1210,1918 1. Cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products sold from a vending
19machine.
SB111,1210,2320 2. A retail location that receives 75 percent or more of its revenue from sales
21of cigarettes, nicotine products, or tobacco products, if no person under 21 years of
22age is permitted to enter the retail location without being accompanied by his or her
23parent or guardian or by his or her spouse who has attained the age of 21.
SB111,1211,424 3. Cigars placed in an enclosed room in a retail location if no person under 21
25years of age is permitted to enter the room without being accompanied by his or her

1parent or guardian or by his or her spouse who has attained the age of 21, the room
2has a separate system for controlling humidity, and the entrance to the room is
3directly visible or visible by video surveillance from the retail location's register or
4check-out area.
SB111,2245 5Section 2245 . 134.66 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB111,1211,206 134.66 (2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), at the time that a retailer hires
7or contracts with an agent, employee, or independent contractor whose duties will
8include the sale of cigarettes, vapor products, or tobacco products, the retailer shall
9provide the agent, employee, or independent contractor with training on compliance
10with sub. (2) (a) and (am), including training on the penalties under sub. (4) (a) 2. for
11a violation of sub. (2) (a) or (am). The department of health services shall make
12available to any retailer on request a training program developed or approved by that
13department that provides the training required under this paragraph. A retailer
14may comply with this paragraph by providing the training program developed or
15approved by the department of health services or by providing a comparable training
16program approved by that department. At the completion of the training, the retailer
17and the agent, employee, or independent contractor shall sign a form provided by the
18department of health services verifying that the agent, employee, or independent
19contractor has received the training, which the retailer shall retain in the personnel
20file of the agent, employee, or independent contractor.