Bill Text: PA SB1487 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for directory.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-08 - Referred to FINANCE [SB1487 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1487-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2305
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1487 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE AND COSTA, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
REFERRED TO FINANCE, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 30, 2003 (P.L.441, No.64), entitled
"An act requiring certifications by tobacco product
manufacturers; providing for a directory of cigarettes
approved for stamping and sale; conferring powers and
imposing duties on the Attorney General and the Department of
Revenue; and imposing penalties," further providing for
directory.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 301(3) of the act of December 30, 2003
(P.L.441, No.64), known as the Tobacco Product Manufacturer
Directory Act, is amended to read:
Section 301. Directory.
The Attorney General shall develop and publish a directory of
all tobacco product manufacturers and their brand families that
have provided current and accurate certification under section
303. The directory shall be available on the Office of Attorney
General's World Wide Web site. The following shall apply:
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(3) The Attorney General shall provide notice to the
registered agent of the affected tobacco product manufacturer
when the Attorney General determines to add a manufacturer or
its brand families or to remove the manufacturer or its brand
families from the directory. Upon notification of a
distributor by a tobacco product manufacturer of a
determination of the Attorney General to remove the tobacco
product manufacturer or its brand families from the
directory, the distributor shall notify its retailers. A
determination of the Attorney General to remove a tobacco
product manufacturer or brand families from the directory
shall take effect 21 days after notice of that determination
appears in the directory except that for purposes of retail
sales, the determination shall take effect 45 days after
notice of the determination appears in the directory.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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