Section 1399-KK. Annual tobacco enforcement reporting  


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  • The commissioner
      shall submit to the governor and  the  legislature  an  interim  tobacco
      control  report  and annual tobacco control reports which shall describe
      the extent of the use of tobacco products by minors  in  the  state  and
      document  the progress state and local governments have made in reducing
      such use among minors.
        1. The interim tobacco control report. The commissioner  shall  submit
      to the governor and the legislature an interim tobacco control report on
      or  before  September first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. Such interim
      report  shall,  to  the  extent  practicable,  include   the   following
      information on a county by county basis:
        (a) number of licensed and registered tobacco retailers and vendors;
        (b)  the  names  and  addresses of retailers and vendors who have paid
      fines, or have been otherwise penalized, due to enforcement actions;
        (c) the number of complaints filed  against  licensed  and  registered
      tobacco retailers;
        (d)  the  number  of  fires caused or believed to be caused by tobacco
      products and deaths and injuries resulting therefrom;
        (e) the number and type of compliance checks conducted; and
        (f) such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate.
        2. The commissioner shall submit to the governor and  the  legislature
      an  annual tobacco control report which shall describe the extent of the
      use of tobacco products by minors in the state and document the progress
      state and local governments have made in reducing such use among minors.
      The annual report shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature
      on or  before  March  thirty-first  of  each  year  beginning  on  March
      thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine.  The annual report shall, to
      the extent practicable, include the following information on a county by
      county basis:
        (a) number of licensed and registered tobacco retailers and vendors;
        (b)  the  names  and  addresses of retailers and vendors who have paid
      fines, or have been otherwise penalized, due to enforcement actions;
        (c) the number of complaints filed  against  licensed  and  registered
      tobacco retailers;
        (d)  the  number  of  fires caused or believed to be caused by tobacco
      products and deaths and injuries resulting therefrom;
        (e) the number and type of compliance checks conducted;
        (f) a survey of attitudes and behaviors regarding  tobacco  use  among
      minors.    The  initial  such  survey  shall be deemed to constitute the
      baseline survey;
        (g) the number of tobacco users and estimated trends  in  tobacco  use
      among minors;
        (h) annual tobacco sales;
        (i) tax revenue collected from the sale of tobacco products;
        (j) the number of licensed tobacco retail outlets;
        (k) the number of cigarette vending machines;
        (l) the number and type of compliance checks;
        (m)  the  names  of  entities  that have paid fines due to enforcement
      actions; and
        (n) the number of complaints filed  against  licensed  tobacco  retail
      outlets.
        The  annual  tobacco  control report shall, to the extent practicable,
      include the following information: (a) tobacco control efforts sponsored
      by state government agencies including money spent to educate minors  on
      the hazards of tobacco use;
        (b)  recommendations  for  improving  tobacco  control  efforts in the
      state; and
        (c) such other information as the commissioner deems appropriate.