LD 1511
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LR 1992
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(2) to the extent that a tobacco product manufacturer
establishes that the amount it was required to place
into escrow on account of units sold in the State in a
particular year was greater than the State's allocable
share of the total payments that such manufacturer
would have been required to make in that year under the
Master Settlement Agreement (as determined pursuant to
section IX(i)(2) of the Master Settlement Agreement,
and before any of the adjustments or offsets described
in section IX(i)(3) of that Agreement other than the
Inflation Adjustment) the Master Settlement Agreement
payments, as determined pursuant to section IX(i) of
that agreement including after final determination of
all adjustments, that such manufacturer would have been
required to make an account of such units sold had it
been a participating manufacturer, the excess shall
must be released from escrow and revert back to such
tobacco product manufacturer.__If a court of competent
jurisdiction holds that this subparagraph is
unconstitutional, then this subparagraph is deemed
repealed; or

 
(2-A)__to the extent that a tobacco product
manufacturer establishes that the amount it was
required to place into escrow in a particular year was
greater than the State's allocable share of the total
payments that such manufacturer would have been
required to make in that year under the Master
Settlement Agreement (as determined pursuant to section
IX(i)(2) of the Master Settlement Agreement, and before
any of the adjustments or offsets described in section
IX(i)(3) of that Agreement other than the Inflation
Adjustment) had it been a participating manufacturer,
the excess must be released from escrow and revert back
to such tobacco product manufacturer.__This
subparagraph takes effect only if, following the repeal
of subparagraph (2), as described therein, a court of
competent jurisdiction holds that paragraph A is
unconstitutional; or

 
(3) to the extent not released from escrow under
subparagraph (1) or (2), funds shall must be released
from escrow and revert back to such tobacco product
manufacturer twenty-five 25 years after the date on
which they were placed into escrow.


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