2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers
Section 52:4D-5 - Definitions relative enforcement of the Model Statute
52:4D-5. Definitions relative enforcement of the Model Statute
2. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
"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, but not limited to, "menthol," "lights," "kings," and "100's" and includes any similar use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.
"Cigarette" has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.148 (C.52:4D-2).
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury.
"Licensed distributor" means a person that is authorized pursuant to P.L.1948, c.65 (C.54:40A-1 et seq.), to affix tax stamps or impress or attach metered impressions of tax to packages or other containers of cigarettes or any person that is required to pay the excise tax imposed pursuant to P.L.1948, c.65 (C.54:40A-1 et seq.).
"Master Settlement Agreement" means the settlement agreement, and related documents, entered into on November 23, 1998 by the State and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers.
"Non-Participating Manufacturer" means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.
"Participating Manufacturer" has the meaning given that term in Section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto.
"Qualified escrow fund" has the same meaning as prescribed for that term under section 2 of P.L.1999, c.148 (C.52:4D-2).
"Tobacco product manufacturer" has the same meaning as prescribed for that term under section 2 of P.L.1999, c.148 (C.52:4D-2).
"Units sold" has the same meaning as prescribed for that term under section 2 of P.L.1999, c.148 (C.52:4D-2).
L.2003,c.25,s.2.
