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9-05 -1997 9 :33AM FROM SWEENEY BORER OSTROW 223 5289 <br />Thomas M. • Swaney <br />Oeorge F. Bore <br />P111 T. Ostrow <br />Patricia Sweeney • <br />Robin D. Tourney <br />• <br />Sweeney, Borer & Ostrow <br />ProfesthmdAssoaaawa <br />Attorneys at Law <br />Suite 1200 <br />Capital Centre <br />386 North Wabasha Street <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 <br />September 5, 1997 <br />Tetapbone <br />(612)222-2541 <br />FaetimTa <br />(612)2235289 <br />Ms. Kathy Glanzer <br />Administrative Assistant <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />Re: ordinance Adding section 802.070(a)(3) <br />Relative to Cigarette Vending Machine <br />Our File No. 8681 <br />Dear Kathy: <br />Please find enclosed for your review a proposed Ordinance <br />allowing vending machines in facilities that cannot be entered at <br />any time by minors, which incorporates the provisions of Minn. <br />Stat. §461.18, Subd. 2, enacted by the 1997 Legislature as <br />Chapter 227, Sec. 6., Subd. 2. <br />The penalty for possession of tobacco by a minor is a petty <br />misdemeanor by State Law. However, Minn. Stat. §461.12, Subd. 4, <br />entitled "Minors ", also provides as follows: <br />The licensing authority shall consult with interested <br />educators, parents, children, and representatives of <br />the court system to develop alternative penalties for <br />minors who purchase, possess, and consume tobacco. The <br />licensing authority and the interested person shall <br />consider a variety of options, including, but not <br />limited to, tobacco free education programs, notice to <br />schools, parents, community service, and other court <br />diversion programs. (Chapter 227, Sec. 4, Subd. 4) <br />I am not sure that the addition of this language to the tobacco <br />products ordinance would be beneficial. <br />Page 23 <br />P. 2 <br />