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Amend SB 21 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 161.089, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 161.089. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this [This] subchapter does not preempt a local regulation of the sale, distribution, or use of cigarettes or tobacco products or affect the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce an ordinance or requirement relating to the sale, distribution, or use of cigarettes or tobacco products if the regulation, ordinance, or requirement:
(1) is compatible with and equal to or more stringent than a requirement prescribed by this subchapter; or
(2) relates to an issue that is not specifically addressed by this subchapter or Chapter 154 or 155, Tax Code.
(b) A political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or requirement relating to the lawful age to sell, distribute, or use cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products that is more stringent than a requirement prescribed by this subchapter.