Sec. 12-285b. Licensure of cigarette manufacturers. Fees.
Sec. 12-285b. Licensure of cigarette manufacturers. Fees. (a) Every tobacco
product manufacturer, as defined in section 4-28h, selling cigarettes to consumers within
this state, whether directly or through a distributor, dealer, or similar intermediary or
intermediaries, shall secure a cigarette manufacturer's license from the Commissioner
of Revenue Services. Such license shall be renewable annually. The annual fee for a
cigarette manufacturer's license shall be five thousand dollars. The commissioner shall
not include or retain in the directory of tobacco product manufacturers developed and
maintained in accordance with section 4-28m the name or brand families of any tobacco
product manufacturer that has failed to secure and retain a cigarette manufacturer's
license in accordance with this section.
(b) The commissioner shall not issue or reissue a cigarette manufacturer's license
to an applicant if any of the following conditions apply: (1) The applicant is neither (A)
a participating manufacturer, as defined in Subsection II(jj) of the Master Settlement
Agreement, as defined in section 4-28h nor (B) in full compliance with section 4-28i;
(2) the applicant has imported cigarettes into the United States in violation of 19 USC
1681a; or (3) the applicant has imported or manufactured cigarettes that do not fully
comply with the federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 USC 1331 et seq.
(c) Such license shall be valid for a period beginning with the date of license to the
thirtieth day of September next succeeding the date of license unless sooner revoked in
the same manner provided in section 12-295 for revocation of the license of a dealer or
distributor or unless the person to whom it was issued discontinues business. Upon
revocation or discontinuance of business, the holder of the license shall immediately
return such license to the commissioner. In the event of mutilation or destruction of
such license, a duplicate copy, marked as such, shall be issued by said commissioner
upon application accompanied by a fee of five dollars.
(P.A. 03-271, S. 2; P.A. 05-260, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 03-271 effective October 1, 2004; P.A. 05-260 amended Subsec. (a) to exclude from directory of tobacco
product manufacturers those not licensed, effective July 1, 2005.