Sec. 11.2. (a) This section does not apply to a tobacco business:

(1) operating as a tobacco business before April 1, 1996;

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 60 daysup to $500
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-4

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-46-1-11.2

  • tobacco: includes :

    Indiana Code 35-46-1-1.7

  • Tobacco business: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other enterprise in which:

    Indiana Code 35-46-1-1

(2) that began operating as a tobacco business after April 1, 1996, if at the time the tobacco business began operating the tobacco business was not located in an area prohibited under this section; or

(3) that began operating after June 30, 2020.

     (b) A person may not operate a tobacco business within two hundred (200) feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school, as measured between the nearest point of the premises occupied by the tobacco business and the nearest point of a building used by the school for instructional purposes.

     (c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.

As added by P.L.256-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.49-2020, SEC.34.