Sec. 13. (a) The department may adopt rules for the enforcement of this chapter, and the department is empowered to and may undertake a cost survey, as provided for in section 11 of this chapter. The department may, in accordance with IC 4-21.5-3, suspend or revoke any registration certificate issued by it to a distributor under IC 6-7-1 for failure of any registrant to comply with this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter.

     (b) All the powers vested in the department by IC 6-7-1 shall be available to the department in the enforcement of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1949, c.51, s.13. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.43; P.L.7-1987, SEC.105.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-3-2-13

  • Department: shall mean the alcohol and tobacco commission or its duly authorized assistants and employees. See Indiana Code 24-3-2-2
  • Distributor: shall mean and include every person who sells, barters, exchanges, or distributes cigarettes in the state of Indiana to retail dealers for the purpose of resale, or who purchases for resale cigarettes from a manufacturer of cigarettes or from a wholesaler, jobber, or distributor outside the state of Indiana who is not a distributor holding a registration certificate issued under the provisions of IC 6-7-1. See Indiana Code 24-3-2-2
  • Registration certificate: refers to the registration certificate issued to cigarette distributors by the department of state revenue under IC 6-7-1-16. See Indiana Code 24-3-2-2
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