Unless otherwise provided, the following acts shall be a violation of this chapter.
(A) Illegal sales. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to sell or otherwise provide any licensed product to any person under the age of 21 years.
(B) Illegal possession. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person under the age of 21 years to have in his or her possession any licensed product. This shall not apply to anyone under the age of 21 years lawfully involved in a compliance check.
(C) Illegal use as prohibited by the state’s Clean Indoor Act. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to smoke or use any licensed product, including any electronic delivery device, anywhere smoking is prohibited by the state’s Clean Indoor Act, being M.S. §§ 144.411 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
(D) Illegal use as prohibited by private policy. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to smoke or use any licensed product, including any electronic delivery device, in an area where prohibited by a private policy established by a proprietor, owner, lessee, manager or other person in charge of the area.
(E) Proprietors and others. It shall be a violation of this chapter for the proprietor, person or entity that owns leases, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of an area to knowingly permit the use of any licensed product in any area in which the use is prohibited either pursuant to private policy or prohibited under this chapter or to fail to comply with any provision of this chapter.
(F) Illegal use by underage person. It shall be a violation of this chapter for anyone under the age of 21 years to smoke, chew, sniff or otherwise use any licensed product.
(G) Illegal procurement. It shall be a violation of this chapter for anyone under the age of 21 years to purchase or attempt to purchase or otherwise obtain any licensed product, and it shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to purchase or otherwise obtain those items on behalf of a person under the age of 21 years. It shall further be a violation for any person to coerce or attempt to coerce a person under the age of 21 years to illegally purchase or otherwise obtain or use any licensed product. This shall not apply if the underaged person is involved in a compliance check.
(H) Use of false identification. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any minor to attempt to disguise his or her true age by the use of a false form of identification, whether the identification is that of another person or one on which the age of the person has been modified or tampered with to represent an age older than the actual age of the person.
(2002 Code, § 4.14) (Ord. 75, Fourth Series, effective 7-1-1995; Ord. 90, Sixth Series, effective 3-12-2009; Ord. 41, Seventh Series, effective 5-9-2016; Ord. 91, Seventh Series, passed 9-16-2019) Penalty, see § 111.99