.335   Enforcement by Department of Agriculture -- Retention of percentage of per pack revenue and fines.


438.335 Enforcement by Department of Agriculture -- Retention of percentage of
per pack revenue and fines.
The Department of Agriculture shall carry out the provisions of KRS 438.305 to 438.340
as they relate to educating the public and sellers of tobacco products about provisions and
penalties of KRS 438.305 to 438.340. The Department of Agriculture shall be entitled to
the revenue produced by one-twentieth of one cent ($0.0005) of the three-cent ($0.03) per
pack revenue collected by the Department of Revenue from the state excise tax on the
sale of cigarettes as imposed by KRS 138.140 and to keep fifty percent (50%) of any fines
collected under KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to offset the costs of these education efforts.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 697, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 477, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 8,
effective March 5, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 7, effective July 15,
1994.
2004-2006 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 173, pt. V, A.9., at 3151; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum,
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 170, at 1578 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 7).