1.    Any determination by the attorney general not to include in or to remove from the directory a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family is subject to judicial review by the filing of a civil action for prospective declaratory or injunctive relief.

The Burleigh County district court has exclusive jurisdiction over the civil action.

2.    A license or renewal of a license to act as a distributor may not be issued to a person unless the person certifies in writing the person will comply with this chapter and chapter 57-36.

3.    A licensed distributor shall provide to the attorney general, and update as necessary, an electronic mail address and facsimile number to receive any notification required by this chapter.

4.    The first report of a distributor required under subsection 1 of section 51-25.1-04 is due thirty days after the effective date of this chapter.

a.    The first certification of a tobacco product manufacturer described under subsection 1 of section 51-25.1-02 is due forty-five days after the effective date of this chapter.

b.    The directory described in subsection 2 of section 51-25.1-02 must be developed and made available for public inspection within one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this chapter.

5.    The attorney general and commissioner may adopt rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter and chapter 51-25.

6.    In any action brought by the state to enforce this chapter, the state is entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney’s fees.

7.    If a court determines a person has violated this chapter, the court shall order any profits, gain, gross receipts, or other benefit from the violation disgorged and paid to the general fund, and the court shall order payment of any taxes due under chapter 57-36.

     8.    Unless otherwise provided, remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.

9.    If a court of competent jurisdiction finds this chapter in conflict with chapter 51-25 and the conflict cannot be harmonized, chapter 51-25 must control. If any portion of this chapter causes chapter 51-25 to no longer constitute a qualifying or model statute, as the terms are defined in the master settlement agreement, that portion of this chapter must be held to be invalid.

10.    For each nonparticipating manufacturer located outside the United States, each importer into the United States of the nonparticipating manufacturer’s brand families sold in the state has joint and several liability with the nonparticipating manufacturer for deposit of all escrow amounts due under subsection 2 of section 51-25-02 and payment of all penalties imposed under subsection 2 of section 51-25-02.

11.    For purposes of the definition of “units sold” in this chapter and chapter 51-25, the burden of establishing a sale of cigarettes is exempt from state excise tax under federal law, such that an escrow deposit for the sale is not required under section 51-25-02 or subsection 5 of section 51-25.1-04, is on the nonparticipating manufacturer claiming the exemption. To establish a claim a transaction involving the sale of cigarettes is exempt from state excise tax by federal law, such that an escrow deposit for the sale is not required, the nonparticipating manufacturer shall submit to the attorney general supporting information contained in a form prescribed or approved by the attorney general.