| | 3.__Cigarette Fire Safety Fund.__All civil fines collected | under Title 22, section 1555-C, subsection 2 must be | transferred by the Treasurer of State to the Cigarette Fire | Safety Fund within the Department of Public Safety for use by | the department and the State Fire Marshal for fire safety and | prevention programs. |
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| | 4.__Rules.__The State Fire Marshal may adopt routine | technical rules in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, | subsection 2-A to ensure that the standards under subsection 1 | are in place no later than January 1, 2004. |
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| | This bill provides that, beginning January 1, 2004, only | cigarettes that meet the standards of fire-safe cigarettes as | established by the State Fire Marshal may be offered for sale | in this State. |
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