2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 248 TOBACCO 248.756 Administrative and civil penalties for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 -- Forfeiture of cigarettes.
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248.756 Administrative and civil penalties for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754
-- Forfeiture of cigarettes.
(1) The cabinet may revoke or suspend the license issued in accordance with KRS
138.195 of any licensee and impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the <br>greater of five hundred percent (500%) of the retail value of the cigarettes involved <br>or five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon finding a violation by the licensee of KRS <br>248.752 or 248.754.
(2) Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in, imported into,
or sold or distributed in this Commonwealth in violation of KRS 248.752 or <br>248.754 shall be treated as contraband under KRS 138.165 and be subject to seizure <br>and forfeiture. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 138.165, all cigarettes seized <br>and forfeited shall be destroyed. Cigarettes shall be treated as contraband whether <br>the violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 is knowing or otherwise.
Effective: January 1, 2002 <br>History: Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 4, effective January 1, 2002.
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