| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | amended to read: |
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| | 2. Distributor. "Distributor" means any person engaged in | the business of producing or manufacturing tobacco products in | this State for sale in this State, any person engaged in the | business of selling tobacco products in this State who brings, or | causes to be brought, into this State any tobacco products for | sale to a retailer or any person engaged in the business of | selling tobacco products who ships or transports tobacco products | to retailers for sale in this State or any retailer who imports, | receives or acquires, from a person other than a licensed | distributor, tobacco products for sale within the State. |
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| | Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | amended to read: |
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| | 7. Sale. "Sale" means any transfer, exchange, barter or gift | in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration. | It shall include "Sale" includes a gift for advertising by a | person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products. |
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| | Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | amended to read: |
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| | 9. Tobacco products. "Tobacco products" means cigars; | cheroots; stogies; periques' periques, granulated, plug cut, | crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff | flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; finecut and other | chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and | sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco, | prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking | in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and smoking; but | shall does not include tobacco products which that are subject to | the tax provided by chapter 703. |
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| | Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §4401, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 783, §16, is | amended to read: |
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| | 11. Wholesale sales price. "Wholesale sales price" means the | established price for which a manufacturer sells tobacco |
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