Connecticut General Statutes 12-302 – Distributors to affix stamps
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, each distributor shall affix, or cause to be affixed, at the location for which such distributor’s license is issued, in such manner as the commissioner may specify in regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, to each individual package of cigarettes sold or distributed by the distributor, stamps of the proper denomination, as required by § 12-296. Such stamps may be affixed by a distributor at any time before the cigarettes are transferred out of the distributor’s possession.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-302
- Cigarette: means and includes any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape, and irrespective of whether the tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, where such roll has a wrapper or cover made of paper or any other material, except where such wrapper is wholly or in the greater part made of tobacco and such roll weighs over three pounds per thousand, provided, if any roll for smoking has a wrapper made of homogenized tobacco or natural leaf tobacco, and the roll is a cigarette size so that it weighs three pounds or less per thousand, such roll is a cigarette and subject to the tax imposed by this part and part II of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-285
- Distributor: means (A) any person in this state engaged in the business of manufacturing cigarettes. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-285
- Person: means any individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or association, however formed. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-285
(b) No distributor shall affix, or cause to be affixed, to a package of cigarettes sold or distributed by such distributor, stamps, if the package (1) is not labeled in conformity with the requirements of the federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 79 Stat. 282, 15 USC 1331 et seq., or any other federal requirement for the placement of labels, warnings and other information, applicable to packages of cigarettes that are intended to be sold within the United States; (2) bears any label or notice prescribed by the United States Department of Treasury to identify cigarettes intended for export and exempt from tax by the United States pursuant to 26 USC 5704(b), including “For export only”, “U.S. Tax-exempt”, “For use outside U.S.” or similar wording indicating that the manufacturer did not intend that the product be sold within the United States, including any notice or label described in 27 C.F.R. § 290.185; (3) has been imported into the United States after January 1, 2000, in violation of 26 USC 5754 or regulations adopted thereunder; (4) in any way violates federal trademark or copyright law or if all federal taxes due have not been paid on the cigarettes; (5) has been modified or altered by a person other than the manufacturer or person specifically authorized by the manufacturer, including modification or alteration by the placement of a sticker or label to cover information, including the wording, labels or warnings described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection, on the package; (6) is of a brand family or of a tobacco product manufacturer not included in the Connecticut Tobacco Directory maintained by the Commissioner of Revenue Services pursuant to § 4-28m; or (7) is of cigarettes not included in the Connecticut Fire Safe Cigarette Directory maintained by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to § 29-420.