995.12 Certification under the tobacco settlement agreement.
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995.12 Certification under the tobacco settlement agreement.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including “menthol,” “lights,” “kings,” and “100s,” and includes any brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word; trademark; logo; symbol; motto; selling message; recognizable pattern of colors; or other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.
(b)“Cigarette” has the meaning given in s. 995.10
(d).
(c)“Department” means the department of revenue.
(d)“Distributor” means a person that is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes under subch. II of ch. 139 or any person that is required to pay the tax imposed on tobacco products under subch. III of ch. 139 .
(e)“Master settlement agreement” has the meaning given in s. 995.10
(e).
(f)“Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.
(g)“Participating manufacturer” has the meaning given in section II
(jj)of the master settlement agreement.
(h)“Qualified escrow fund” has the meaning given in s. 995.10
(f).
(j)“Tobacco product manufacturer” has the meaning given in s. 995.10
(i).