Sec. 29-419. Certification. Fee. Retesting required for modified cigarettes.
Sec. 29-419. Certification. Fee. Retesting required for modified cigarettes. (a)
Each holder of a cigarette manufacturer's license shall submit to the Office of the State
Fire Marshal a written certification every three years attesting that: (1) Each cigarette
listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with section 29-418; and (2)
each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in
section 29-418.
(b) The certification shall list the following information for each cigarette listed:
(1) Brand or trade name on the package; (2) style, such as light or ultra light; (3) length
in millimeters; (4) circumference in millimeters; (5) flavor, if applicable; (6) filter or
nonfilter; (7) package description, such as a soft package or box; (8) marking pursuant
to section 29-421; (9) the name, address and telephone number of the laboratory, if
different than the holder that conducted the test; and (10) the date that the testing occurred.
(c) For each brand family listed in a certification, a holder shall pay to the State
Fire Marshal a fee of two hundred fifty dollars. The State Fire Marshal may annually
adjust such fee, in regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, to ensure that
such fee defrays the actual costs of the processing, testing, enforcement and oversight
activities of the State Fire Marshal in accordance with sections 29-416 to 29-421, inclusive.
(d) If a holder has certified a cigarette pursuant to this section, and thereafter makes
any change to such cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards required by section 29-418, the holder shall not sell
that cigarette, or offer that cigarette for sale, to consumers within this state, whether
directly or through a distributor, dealer or similar intermediary or intermediaries, until
the holder (1) retests the cigarette, in accordance with the testing standards set forth in
section 29-418, (2) maintains records of such retesting as required by section 29-418,
and (3) finds that the cigarette meets the performance standards set forth in section
29-418.
(P.A. 07-180, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 07-180 effective July 1, 2008.