Washington Code 70.158.020 – Definitions
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The following definitions apply to this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Terms Used In Washington Code 70.158.020
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
- 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 trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, “menthol,” “lights,” “kings,” and “100s,” and includes any 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) “Board” means the *liquor control board.
(3) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as in RCW 70.157.010(d).
(4) “Director” means the director of the department of revenue except as otherwise noted.
(5) “Directory” means the directory to be created and published on a website by the attorney general pursuant to RCW 70.158.030(2).
(6) “Distributor” has the same meaning as in **RCW 82.26.010(3), except that for purposes of this chapter, no person is a distributor if that person does not deal with cigarettes as defined in this section.
(7) “Master settlement agreement” has the same meaning as in RCW 70.157.010(e).
(8) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.
(9) “Participating manufacturer” has the meaning given that term in section II(jj) of the master settlement agreement.
(10) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning as in RCW 70.157.010(f).
(12) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning as in RCW 70.157.010(i).
(13) “Units sold” has the same meaning as in RCW 70.157.010(j).
(14) “Wholesaler” has the same meaning as in RCW 82.24.010.
[ 2003 c 25 § 2.]
NOTES:
Reviser’s note: *(1) The “state liquor control board” was renamed the “state liquor and cannabis board” by 2015 c 70 § 3.
**(2) RCW 82.26.010 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (3) to subsection (8).
***(3) RCW 82.24.010 was amended by 2012 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 1, changing subsection (7) to subsection (11).