Changes to the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act Sample Clauses

Changes to the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act. This bill revises the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act (Act) to have the Act administered by the Attorney General instead of the State Fire Marshal in order to remove the inconsistency in the State Fire Marshal’s administration with the Act and the Attorney General’s authority to enforce the Master Settlement Agreement. The bill requires the Attorney General to approve proposed markings of cigarette manufacturers that certify cigarettes are manufactured in accordance with the Act’s fire safety provisions and provides that the markings are deemed approved if the Attorney General fails to act within 30 days instead of 10 days, with the goal of preventing automatic approval of markings for administrative inaction and ensuring that the Act’s fire safety standards are being adequately enforced. Attorney General Xxx Xxxxx, the sponsor of the bill, writes that these provisions enhance and increase protections for Californians against fires caused by unsafe cigarettes by: […] shifting the authority to review fire-safe-cigarettes to the Attorney General’s Office, ensuring that cigarettes sold in California meet current fire safety requirements. Under California’s fire-safe-cigarette laws, a cigarette cannot be sold in the state unless the cigarette manufacturer receives approval from the State Fire Marshal that the product is firesafe. To receive approval, a cigarette manufacturer is required to provide the State Fire Marshal with a certification establishing that its product meets nationwide fire-safe standards. The State Fire Marshal has 10 days to review this certification information and approve the cigarettes as compliant with the law. However, if the State Fire Marshal does not act within the 10-day review period, the cigarette product receives default approval and can be sold in the state. In recent years, there has been limited administrative review of fire-safe-cigarette certifications, leading to default approvals of cigarettes by the state. The Attorney General enforces the fire-safe-cigarette laws throughout the state and default approval has impaired the Attorney General’s responsibilities to protect the public from non-fire-safe-cigarettes. AB 1742 would shift the responsibility to review fire-safe-cigarette certification from the State Fire Marshal to the Attorney General and increase the review period to 30 days. This would ensure cigarettes receive the necessary review by the state. Moreover, AB 1742 promotes governme...