Connecticut General Statutes 4-28k – Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions
As used in sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4-28k
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100’s, and includes any use of a 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” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services;
(4) “Importer” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h;
(5) “Master Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h;
(6) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer;
(7) “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h;
(8) “Participating manufacturer” has the meaning as provided in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto;
(9) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h;
(10) “Stamper” means, in the case of cigarettes other than roll-your-own tobacco, a person that under chapter 214 may lawfully purchase unstamped packages of cigarettes and affix Connecticut cigarette tax stamps to such packages, and, in the case of roll-your-own tobacco, a person licensed as a distributor under chapter 214a and required to pay the tax due on such tobacco under said chapter 214a;
(11) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h; and
(12) “Units sold” has the same meaning as provided in § 4-28h.