§ 1399-hh. Tobacco and vapor product enforcement. The commissioner
shall develop, plan and implement a comprehensive program to reduce the
prevalence of tobacco use, and vapor product, intended or reasonably
expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine, use
particularly among persons less than twenty-one years of age. This
program shall include, but not be limited to, support for enforcement of
this article.

1. An enforcement officer, as defined in section thirteen hundred
ninety-nine-t of this chapter, may annually, on such dates as shall be
fixed by the commissioner, submit an application for such monies as are
made available for such purpose. Such application shall be in such form
as prescribed by the commissioner and shall include, but not be limited
to, plans regarding random spot checks, including the number and types
of compliance checks that will be conducted, and other activities to
determine compliance with this article. Each such plan shall include an
agreement to report to the commissioner: the names and addresses of
tobacco retailers and vendors and vapor products dealers determined to
be unlicensed, if any; the number of complaints filed against licensed
tobacco retail outlets and vapor products dealers; and the names of
tobacco retailers and vendors and vapor products dealers who have paid
fines, or have been otherwise penalized, due to enforcement actions.

2. The commissioner shall distribute such monies as are made available
for such purpose to enforcement officers and, in so doing, consider the
number of licensed vapor products dealers and retail locations
registered to sell tobacco products within the jurisdiction of the
enforcement officer and the level of proposed activities.

3. Monies made available to enforcement officers pursuant to this
section shall only be used for local tobacco and vapor product, intended
or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of
nicotine, enforcement activities approved by the commissioner.