S.B. 728                                                  VETOES

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 728

AN ACT concerning

Cigarette Business Licenses - Manufacturers and Wholesalers

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a licensed manufacturer of cigarettes or a person
connected to the business of a licensed manufacturer from simultaneously holding a
financial interest in a cigarette wholesaler license or wholesaler business;
prohibiting a licensed wholesaler or person connected to the business of a licensed
wholesaler from simultaneously holding a financial interest in a manufacturer
license or manufacturer business; authorizing a manufacturer licensee to, upon
approval of the State Comptroller, act as an agent for a licensed wholesaler for
stamping and distribution of cigarettes: authorizing a wholesale licensee to, upon
approval of the State Comptroller, designate a licensed manufacturer to act as its
agent for the stamping and distribution of cigarettes; and generally relating to
cigarette business licensing.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 16-202 and 16-206(a) and (f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows;

Article - Business Regulation

16-202.

(a)     Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person must have an
appropriate license whenever the person acts as a manufacturer, retailer, storage
warehouse, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler in the State.

(b)     A person need not get a retailer license to act as a retailer at a vending stand
operated under a trader's license issued to Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.

(c)     A license to act as a retailer is required for each place of business where a
person acts as a retailer.

(D) (1) A PERSON LICENSED AS A MANUFACTURER, OR PERSON
CONNECTED WITH THE BUSINESS OF A LICENSED MANUFACTURER OR RELATED BY
OWNERSHIP, MAY NOT AT THE SAME TIME HOLD OR HAVE ANY FINANCIAL
INTEREST IN A WHOLESALER LICENSE OR IN ANY BUSINESS OF A WHOLESALER.

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