453D.2 - DEFINITIONS.

        453D.2  DEFINITIONS.         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:         1.  "Brand family" means all styles of cigarettes sold under      the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of      additional modifiers or descriptors, including but not limited to      "menthol", "lights", "kings", and "100s", and including any brand      name (alone or in conjunction with any other word), trademark, logo,      symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or      any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to,      or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.         2.  "Cigarette" means cigarette as defined in section 453C.1.         3.  "Department" means the department of revenue.         4.  "Director" means the director of revenue.         5.  "Distributor" means a person, notwithstanding established      residency or location, who purchases non-tax-paid cigarettes and      stores, sells, or otherwise disposes of the cigarettes.         6.  "Master settlement agreement" means master settlement      agreement as defined in section 453C.1.         7.  "Nonparticipating manufacturer" means any tobacco product      manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.         8.  "Participating manufacturer" means participating      manufacturer as defined in section II(jj) of the master settlement      agreement and all amendments to the master settlement agreement.         9.  "Qualified escrow fund" means qualified escrow fund as      defined in section 453C.1.         10.  "Stamping agent" means a person authorized to affix tax      stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes pursuant to      chapter 453A or any person that is required to pay the tax imposed      pursuant to chapter 453A on cigarettes.         11.  "Tobacco product manufacturer" means tobacco product      manufacturer as defined in section 453C.1.         12.  "Units sold" means units sold as defined in section      453C.1.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2003 Acts, ch 97, §2, 13; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286