Section 22974.1 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Violations; seizure; forfeiture(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the department discovers that a retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or employees, sell, offer for sale or possess with the intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product or tobacco product flavor enhancer, in violation of Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code, the department may seize those flavored tobacco products or tobacco product flavor enhancers at the retail location or any other person's location. Any flavored tobacco products or tobacco product flavor enhancers seized by the department shall be deemed forfeited and the department shall comply with the procedures set forth in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 30435) of Part 13 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(b) For purposes of this section, "flavored tobacco product" and "tobacco product flavor enhancer" shall have the same meaning as the terms are defined in Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code.Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 22974.1
Added by Stats 2024 ch 462 (SB 1230),s 4, eff. 1/1/2025.Stats 2024 ch 462 (SB 1230)provides that this act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Strengthen Tobacco Oversight Programs (STOP) and Seize Illegal Tobacco Products Act.