As used in this chapter, the term:
The term tobacco product manufacturer shall not include an affiliate of a tobacco product manufacturer unless such affiliate itself falls within subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph.
History. Code 1981, § 10-13A-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 829, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 10; Ga. L. 2016, p. 528, § 3/HB 899.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, added paragraph (4); redesignated former paragraphs (4) and (5) as present paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; added “, or in the case of reference to another state’s directory, the directory compiled under the similar law of the other state” at the end of paragraph (5); deleted “cigars or” preceding “cigarettes” throughout paragraph (6); added paragraph (7); redesignated former paragraphs (6) and (7) as present paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; added paragraph (10); redesignated former paragraph (8) as present paragraph (11); added paragraphs (12) through (16); deleted former paragraph (9), which read: “ ‘Qualified escrow fund’ means an escrow arrangement with a federally or state chartered financial institution having no affiliation with any tobacco product manufacturer and having assets of at least $1 billion where such arrangement requires that such financial institution hold the escrowed funds’ principal for the benefit of releasing parties and prohibits the tobacco product manufacturer placing the funds into escrow from using, accessing, or directing the use of the funds’ principal except as consistent with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 10-13-3.”; redesignated former paragraphs (10) and (11) as present paragraphs (17) and (18), respectively; and, in paragraph (18), substituted “on cigarette packs required to bear a tax stamp pursuant to Code Section 48-11-3 and on ‘roll-your-own’ tobacco on which excise tax is due either by tax stamp or pursuant to an alternate method of taxation” for “, as measured by excise taxes collected by the state on packs (or ‘roll-your-own’ tobacco containers) bearing the excise tax stamp of the state.” in the first sentence, added the second sentence, and substituted “and the Attorney General may” for “shall” in the last sentence.