Sec. 12-314. Packaging for sale.
Sec. 12-314. Packaging for sale. (a)(1) The sale of cigarettes other than in an
unopened package containing twenty or more cigarettes originating with the manufacturer which bears the health warning required by law is prohibited.
(2) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing, that any dealer
or distributor has violated the provisions of this subsection, said commissioner may
assess such person a civil penalty of fifty dollars for a first offense, two hundred fifty
dollars for a second offense and five hundred dollars for a third or subsequent offense.
Such penalty may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law, including, but
not limited to, the suspension or revocation of the license of such dealer or distributor
pursuant to section 12-295. Any person aggrieved by any action of said commissioner
pursuant to this subsection may take an appeal of such action as provided in sections
12-311 and 12-312.
(b) The sale of cigarettes, the stamping of which is prohibited by subsection (b) of
section 12-302 or subsection (b) of section 12-303, is prohibited.
(1949 Rev., S. 1995; P.A. 96-240, S. 4, 10; P.A. 99-109, S. 6, 8; P.A. 00-56; 00-170, S. 22, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 44, 85.)
History: P.A. 96-240 added provision prohibiting sale of cigarettes other than in certain packaging and deleted a provision allowing certain sample packages to be given away, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 99-109 designated existing provisions
as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re cigarettes the stamping of which is prohibited by Sec. 12-302 or 12-303, effective
July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-56, effective October 1, 2000, and P.A. 00-170, effective July 1, 2000, and applicable to sales
occurring on or after that date, both amended Subsec. (a) to require all sales to be in unopened packages of twenty or more
cigarettes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and add new
Subdiv. (2) re civil penalty for violation of subsection, effective July 1, 2001.