Full text of Utah Utah Code § 53-7-502 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-7-502. Definitions.
53-7-502.
Definitions. As used in this part:
(1)
"Audio effect" includes music, animal sounds, whistles, buzzers, or other noises not pertinent to the flame-producing function of the lighter.
(2)
(a)
"Distribute" means to:
(i)
deliver to a person other than the purchaser; or
(ii)
provide as part of a commercial promotion or as a prize or premium.
(b)
"Distribute" does not include providing as a personal gift.
(3)
"Importer" means a person who causes a lighter to enter this state from a manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, or retail sales point outside this state:
(a)
for the purpose of selling or distributing the lighter within this state; or
(b)
with the result that the lighter is sold or distributed within this state.
(4)
"Lighter" means a handheld mechanical device of a type typically used for igniting tobacco products by use of a flame.
(5)
"Misleading design" means a lighter that:
(a)
has a shape that resembles or imitates an object other than a lighter;
(b)
may have one or more audio or visual effects; and
(c)
has other features of a type that would reasonably be expected to make the lighter appealing or attractive to a child younger than 10 years of age.
(6)
"Novelty lighter":
(a)
means a lighter that has:
(i)
a misleading design; and
(ii)
operates on any fuel, including butane or liquid fuel;
(b)
does not mean:
(i)
a lighter manufactured before January 1, 1980;
(ii)
a lighter that has been rendered permanently incapable of producing a flame or otherwise causing combustion; or
(iii)
a mechanical device primarily used to ignite fuel for fireplaces, or for charcoal or gas grills.
(7)
"Sell" means to provide or promise to provide a product to a wholesale, retail, mail-order, or other purchaser in exchange for consideration.
(8)
"Visual effect":
(a)
includes flashing lights, color-changing lights, or changing images; and
(b)
does not include logos, decals, decorative artwork, or heat-shrinkable sleeves.
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