(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 40.25.100(a), the Department of Revenue may disclose information submitted to the Department of Revenue relating to cigarette and tobacco products, cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers, and cigarette and tobacco product retailers to the attorney general and to other parties as the Department of Revenue determines necessary to monitor and enforce compliance by cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers with the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement described in Alaska Stat. § 45.53.010 – 45.53.100.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 40.25.105
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
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.
(b) A person receiving information under this section shall maintain the confidentiality that the Department of Revenue is required to extend under Alaska Stat. § 43.05.230 to the returns, reports, documents, determinations, and workpapers furnished to that person under this section.
