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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 721
BY REPRESENTATIVE MORENO
JUDGMENTS/CIVIL: Provides for a fee paid to the attorney general from tobacco product
manufacturers for certification
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5073(A)(1), relative to the certification of tobacco product2
manufacturers; to provide for a fee for certification for tobacco product3
manufacturers; to provide for the use of the fees; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:5073(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง5073. Certifications; directory; tax stamps7
A.(1) Every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this8
state, whether directly or through a distributor, retailer, or similar intermediary or9
intermediaries, shall execute and deliver on a form prescribed by the attorney general10
a certification to the secretary and attorney general, no later than the thirtieth day of11
April each year, certifying under penalty of perjury that, as of the date of such12
certification, such tobacco product manufacturer either: is a participating13
manufacturer; or is in full compliance with R.S. 13:5061 et seq., including all14
installment payments required by R.S. 13:5075(E). For the initial certification15
submitted no later than the thirtieth of April each year, a manufacturer shall pay to16
the attorney general a fee of five hundred dollars. The fees generated pursuant to this17
Section shall be deposited in the Tobacco Settlement Enforcement Fund and used18
solely and exclusively for purposes of enforcement of the Master Settlement19
Agreement, pursuant to R.S. 39:98.7.20
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Present law provides that every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in
La., whether directly or through a distributor, retailer, or similar intermediary or
intermediaries, shall execute and deliver on a form prescribed by the attorney general a
certification to the secretary and attorney general no later than April 30 of each year.
Present law provides that certifying be made under penalty of perjury that, as of the date of
such certification, such tobacco product manufacturer either: is a participating manufacturer
or is in full compliance with the requirements for tobacco product manufacturers under the
Master Settlement Agreement in present law, including all installment payments required
by present law.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that for the initial certification
submitted no later than April 30 each year, a manufacturer shall pay to the attorney general
a fee of $500.
Proposed law requires the $500 fee to be deposited in the Tobacco Settlement Enforcement
Fund and used solely and exclusively for purposes of enforcement of the Master Settlement
Agreement.
(Amends R.S. 13:5073(A)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original bill.
1. Added a requirement for the fees to be deposited in the Tobacco Settlement
Enforcement Fund and used solely for the purposes of enforcement of the Master
Settlement Agreement.