Oklahoma Code § 63-1-229.18

Title 63. Public Health And Safety: Distribution of tobacco or vapor products and product
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A.  It shall be unlawful for any person or retailer to
distribute tobacco products, nicotine products, vapor products or
product samples to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.
B.  No person shall distribute tobacco products, nicotine
products, vapor products or product samples in or on any public
street, sidewalk, or park that is within three hundred (300) feet of
any playground, school, or other facility when the facility is being
used primarily by persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.
C.  When a person violates any provision of subsection A or B of
this section, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE)
Commission shall impose an administrative fine of:
1.  Not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first
offense;
2.  Not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the second
offense; and
3.  Not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for a third or
subsequent offense.
D.  Upon failure of any person to pay an administrative fine
within ninety (90) days of the assessment of the fine, the ABLE
Commission shall notify the Department of Public Safety, and the
Department shall suspend or not issue a driver license to the person
until proof of payment has been furnished to the Department of
Public Safety.
E.  Cities and towns may enact and municipal police officers may
enforce ordinances prohibiting and penalizing conduct under
provisions of this section, but the provisions of municipal
ordinances shall be the same as provided for in this section, and
the penalty provisions under such ordinances shall not be more
stringent than those of this section.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 137, § 9, eff. July 1, 1994.  Amended by Laws
1996, c. 144, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 171, § 5, eff.
Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 253, § 4, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2014,
c. 162, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.  Renumbered from § 600.8 of Title 37
by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 176, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.  Amended by Laws
2020, c. 70, § 9, emerg. eff. May 19, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 554, § 9,
emerg. eff. May 28, 2021.
NOTE:  Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage
of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, which was
adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.

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