Section 24-3-5.4-17 - Distributor or stamping agent required to send information to department, commission, and attorney general(a) This section applies after July 31, 2003.(b) Not later than January 20, April 20, July 20, and October 20 of a calendar year, or more frequently if ordered by the department, the commission, or the attorney general, a distributor or stamping agent shall submit the following information to the department, the commission, and the attorney general: (1) A list by brand family of the total number of cigarettes for which the distributor or stamping agent affixed stamps or otherwise paid taxes during the immediately preceding three (3) months.(2) Any other information required by the department or the attorney general. The distributor or stamping agent shall maintain and make available to the department, the commission, and the attorney general for a period of five (5) years all invoices and documentation of sales of all nonparticipating manufacturer cigarettes and any other information that the distributor or stamping agent relied on in reporting to the department, the commission, and the attorney general.
(c) The attorney general may require a distributor or a tobacco product manufacturer to submit additional information to determine whether a tobacco product manufacturer is in compliance with this chapter. The additional information may include samples of the packaging or labeling of each of the tobacco product manufacturer's brand families.As added by P.L. 252-2003, SEC.16. Amended by P.L. 160-2005, SEC.14.