Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.606 · Subchapter V. FEE ON CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE TOBACCO PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY CERTAIN COMPANIES
REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL BEFORE OFFERING NON-SETTLING MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES OR CIGARETTE TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION IN THIS STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If cigarettes or cigarette tobacco products of a non-settling manufacturer were not offered for sale or distribution in this state on September 1, 2013, the non-settling manufacturer shall, before the date the cigarettes or cigarette tobacco products are offered for sale or distribution in this state, provide to the attorney general on a form prescribed by the attorney general:
(1) the non-settling manufacturer's complete name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the date that the non-settling manufacturer will begin offering cigarettes or cigarette tobacco products for sale or distribution in this state;
(3) the names of the brand families of the cigarettes or cigarette tobacco products that the non-settling manufacturer will offer for sale or distribution in this state;
(4) a statement that the non-settling manufacturer intends to comply with this subchapter; and
(5) the name, address, telephone number, and signature of an officer of the non-settling manufacturer attesting to all of the included information.
(b) The attorney general shall make the information provided under this section available to the comptroller.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3536), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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