A. As used in this section:
1. "Glass tube" means an object which meets all of the following requirements:
2. “Patron” means a person who enters a business for the purpose of purchasing or viewing as a shopper, merchandise offered for sale at the business; and
3. "Retailer" means a person, corporation, or partnership primarily engaged in the sale of consumable goods and services including, but not limited to, food and gasoline, at retail to the general public. A retailer shall not include any person, corporation, or partnership that sells specialized laboratory equipment for research or educational purposes.
B. It shall be unlawful for a retailer within the State of Oklahoma to offer for retail sale to any patron a glass tube, as defined in subsection A of this section.
C. A retailer, or an employee of the retailer, who willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of subsection B of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by incarceration in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of cigars packaged by the manufacturer in containers or tubes made of glass to facilitate the sale of the item and not for another purpose prohibited by law.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 323, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 20, § 1.