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Subchapter
001B
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COMPLEMENTARY LEGISLATION TO NONPARTICIPATING TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS STATUTES
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1921)
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§ 1921. Reporting and sharing of information
(a) At the date specified in 32 V.S.A. § 7785 or 7813, for monthly reports from licensed wholesale dealers, or at such date and frequency
as the Commissioner may require for other licensed wholesale dealers, which will be
at least quarterly, each licensed wholesale dealer shall submit such information as
the Commissioner requires to facilitate compliance with subchapter 1A of this chapter
and this subchapter, including a list by brand family of the total number of cigarettes,
or, in the case of roll-your-own tobacco, the equivalent stick count, as determined
pursuant to the formula set forth in subchapter 1A of this chapter, for which the
licensed wholesale dealer affixed stamps during the reporting period or otherwise
paid the tax due for such cigarettes. Licensed wholesale dealers shall maintain, and
make available to the Commissioner, all documentation and other information relied
upon in reporting to the Commissioner for a period of six years.
(b) The Attorney General may require at any time from a nonparticipating manufacturer
proof from the financial institution in which a tobacco product manufacturer has established
a qualified escrow fund for the purpose of compliance with subchapter 1A of this chapter
of the amount of money being held in such fund on behalf of the State and the dates
of deposits, and listing the amounts of all withdrawals from such fund and the dates
thereof; any such nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide the requisite proof
within 10 business days of the date it is requested. In the event that a nonparticipating
manufacturer fails to provide the requisite proof within said time period, the Attorney
General shall remove the nonparticipating manufacturer and all of its styles or brands
of cigarettes from the directory.
(c) The Attorney General may require a licensed wholesale dealer or tobacco product manufacturer
to submit any additional information, including samples of the packaging or labeling
of each brand family, as is necessary to enable the Attorney General to determine
whether a tobacco product manufacturer is in compliance with this subchapter and subchapter
1A of this chapter.
(d) The Attorney General is authorized to disclose to the Commissioner and, notwithstanding
the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 103, the Commissioner is authorized to disclose
to the Attorney General any information received under this subchapter or subchapter
1A of this chapter, if such information is requested by the other for the purposes
of determining compliance with or enforcing the provisions of those statutes. The
Attorney General and Commissioner shall share with each other the information received
under this subchapter or subchapter 1A of this chapter, and may share such information
with other federal, State, or local agencies as necessary for the purposes of enforcement
of this subchapter, the State’s nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers’ statutes,
or corresponding laws of other states. (Added 2003, No. 14, § 1; amended 2003, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2015, No. 57, § 86, eff. June 11, 2015.)