§245-61 Enforcement. (a) Enforcement of this part shall be under the concurrent jurisdiction of the attorney general, the prosecuting attorneys or deputy prosecuting attorneys of the various counties, and the police departments of the various counties.
(b) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, including enforcement as provided in subsection (a), any person may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief for a violation of this part and for damages sustained by the person, and, if the judgment is for the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be awarded a sum not less than $1,000 or threefold damages by the plaintiff sustained, whichever sum is the greater, and reasonable attorneys fees together with the costs of suit. [L 2000, c 201, pt of §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
245. Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law
245-2.5 Retail tobacco permit.
245-6 Payment of taxes; penalties.
245-7 Determination of taxes; additional assessments, credits, and refunds.
245-11 Chapter 235 and chapter 237 applicable.
245-12 Investigations; contempts; fees.
245-13 Administration by director; rules and regulations.
245-15 Disposition of revenues.
245-16 Unlawful shipment of cigarettes; penalty; reports; liability for unpaid taxes.
245-21 Payment of tax through use of stamps; exemptions.
245-22 Affixation; required prior to distribution; method and manner.
245-23 Department to furnish stamps; designs, specifications, and denominations.
245-24 Sales through financial institutions.
245-25 Purchase of stamps; when; by licensee or designee.
245-26 Price; payment; deferred payment purchases.
245-27 Maximum amount of deferred-payment purchases; bond.
245-28 Time for payment of deferred-payment purchases; manner of payment.
245-29 Suspension or reduction of privilege to purchase on deferred-payment basis.
245-30 Penalty for failure to make timely payment.
245-33 Unused stamps; cancellation of stamps.
245-34 Approval of department required for transfer of stamps.
245-35 Unlicensed possession or use of stamps.
245-37 Sale or purchase of packages of cigarettes without stamps; fines and penalties.
245-38 Vending unstamped cigarettes.
245-39 Penalty exemptions; presumptions.
245-40 Forfeitures; disposition.
245-41 Enforcement; injunction; disposition of fines.
245-41.5 Cigarette tax stamp administrative special fund.
245-51 Export and foreign cigarettes prohibited.
245-52 Alteration of packaging prohibited.
245-53 Criminal penalties for illegal sale of export or foreign cigarettes.
245-54 Confiscation and seizure of illegal export or foreign cigarettes.
245-56 Affixing of cigarette tax stamps to export cigarettes or altered packages prohibited.
245-57 Documentation of foreign cigarettes.
245-59 Unfair trade practices.