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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Archuleta</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 14945) to Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public safety. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Public safety: lighters: standards: prohibition.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to specify standards for the design of cigarette lighters using an 80% acceptance criterion with respect to safety features that prevent operation of the lighters by children 5 years of age or younger. Existing law prohibits a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a cigarette lighter that does not comply with those standards.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter, as defined, or a lighting rod or gas match, that does not comply with specified ASTM International
standards, except as specified. The bill would also prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter that infringes on certain intellectual property rights, except as specified.</html:p>
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Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 14945) is added to Division 12 of the
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<ns0:LawHeadingText>Counterfeit Lighters</ns0:LawHeadingText>
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(a)
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(1)
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Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute a counterfeit lighter or an unsafe lighter.
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(2)
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Paragraph (1) does not apply to either of the following:
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(A)
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The interstate transportation of counterfeit lighters or unsafe lighters.
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(B)
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The storage of counterfeit lighters or unsafe lighters in a warehouse or distribution center in this state if the warehouse or distribution center is not open to the public for the purposes of retail sale or distribution.
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(b)
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1)
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“Counterfeit lighter” means a lighter that infringes on an intellectual property right of a citizen of the United States or a person that is protected by federal or state intellectual property law.
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(2)
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“Lighter” means an electrical or mechanical device that operates using any type of fuel and that is intended for use in igniting a cigar, cigarette, fireplace, grill, pipe, or utility.
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(3)
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“Unsafe lighter” means any of the following:
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(A)
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A lighter
used for igniting cigars, cigarettes, or pipes that does not comply with ASTM International Standard F400.
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(B)
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A lighter used to ignite fireplaces, grills, or utilities that does not comply with ASTM International
Standard F2201.
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(C)
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A lighting rod or gas match that does not comply with ASTM International Standard F2201.
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