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S.B. 582
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VETOES
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retail price of imported cigarettes in Maryland. This legislation could have the
undesirable effect of lowering the cost of cigarettes at the retail level, a result that is
entirely inconsistent with Maryland's effort to reduce the consumption of cigarettes,
particularly by teenagers. For the past several years, through our tax policy and our
nationally recognized use of our share of the national tobacco settlement, Maryland
has taken steps to reduce tobacco consumption through increased prices, education,
enforcement and treatment. Reversing this policy by potentially reducing the price of
cigarettes would be unwise and unwarranted.
For the above reasons, I have vetoed Senate Bill 582.
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
Senate Bill No. 582
AN ACT concerning
Cigarette Business Licensing Law - Cigarette Nonresident Dealers
FOR the purpose of defining "cigarette nonresident dealer" for the cigarette business
licensing law and the Maryland Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act; substituting the
term "cigarette nonresident dealer" for the term "manufacturer" for the cigarette
business licensing law and the Maryland Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act;
requiring a person who acts as a cigarette nonresident dealer in the State to
have a certain license; exempting certain persons from obtaining a cigarette
nonresident dealer license under certain circumstances; prohibiting a licensed
cigarette nonresident dealer from having certain interests in a wholesaler;
prohibiting a licensed wholesaler from having certain interests in a cigarette
nonresident dealer; prohibiting the issuance of a wholesaler license to certain
persons; requiring an applicant for a cigarette nonresident dealer licence license
to maintain an established place of business for the sale of cigarettes;
authorizing a cigarette nonresident dealer licensee to sell certain cigarettes to
certain wholesalers under certain circumstances; defining the term
"manufacturer" for the tobacco tax law; and generally relating to cigarette
nonresident dealers under the cigarette business licensing law.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 16-201, 16-202, 16-203(a), 16-204(a), 16-205(a), 16-206(a), (c), and (f),
16-210(a), and 16-214
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments.
Article - Commercial Law
Section 11-501 and 11-505
Annotated Code of Maryland
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