Section 7.1-3-18.5-9.2 - Employee requirements; civil penalty(a) An employee of a certificate holder must hold a valid:(1) driver's license issued by the state of Indiana or another state; or(2) identification card issued by the state of Indiana, another state, or the United States; to sell tobacco products.
(b) An employee must have the employee's driver's license or identification card or a copy of the employee's driver's license or identification card:(1) either: (A) in the employee's possession; or(B) on file with the employee's employer; and(2) upon request, readily available to show to an excise officer or law enforcement; when selling tobacco products.
(c) If an employee holds a valid license or identification card as described in subsection (a) but is unable to show the license, identification card, or a copy to an excise officer under subsection (b) because:(1) the employee has left the license, identification card, or copy in another location; or(2) the license, identification card, or copy has otherwise been lost or mislaid; the employee may, within five (5) days of the employee's inability to show the license, identification card, or copy to the excise officer, produce to the excise officer or to the office of the commission satisfactory evidence of a license or identification card issued to the individual that was valid at the time the individual was unable to show the license, identification card, or copy.
(d) If an employee who is unable to show a license, identification card, or copy to an excise officer fails to produce satisfactory evidence within five (5) days in the manner described in subsection (c), the commission may impose a civil penalty on the certificate holder under IC 7.1-3-23-3.Added by P.L. 107-2024,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2024.