Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 35-46-1-11.2 - Operation of tobacco business near school prohibited(a) This section does not apply to a tobacco business:(1) operating as a tobacco business before April 1, 1996;(2) that began operating as a tobacco business after April 1, 1996, if at the time the tobacco business began operating the tobacco business was not located in an area prohibited under this section; or(3) that began operating after June 30, 2020.(b) A person may not operate a tobacco business within two hundred (200) feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school, as measured between the nearest point of the premises occupied by the tobacco business and the nearest point of a building used by the school for instructional purposes.(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.Amended by P.L. 49-2020,SEC. 34, eff. 7/1/2020.As added by P.L. 256-1996, SEC.11.