It is the intent of the Board of Supervisors, in enacting the ordinance codified in this chapter, to ensure compliance with the business standards and practices of the county and to encourage responsible tobacco retailing and to discourage violations of tobacco-related laws, especially those which prohibit or discourage the sale or distribution of tobacco products to youth, but not to expand or reduce the degree to which the acts regulated by federal or state law are criminally proscribed or to alter the penalties provided therein. The provisions of this chapter shall apply within the unincorporated and incorporated areas of San Benito County.
(Ord. 1044, § 1, 2022)