General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE IX. TAXATION |
CHAPTER 64C. CIGARETTE EXCISE |
SECTION 1. Definitions |
SECTION 2. Vendors' licenses; display |
SECTION 2A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 2A to 2F |
SECTION 2B. Test method and performance standard for cigarettes offered for sale or sold to persons located in commonwealth |
SECTION 2C. Certification to be submitted by manufacturer; fee; Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act Enforcement Fund |
SECTION 2D. Marking to indicate compliance with testing and performance standard requirements |
SECTION 2F. Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund |
SECTION 3, 4. Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107 |
SECTION 5. Records and statements required of vendors and purchasers |
SECTION 5A. Collection of excises imposed on residents purchasing cigarettes and tobacco products in interstate commerce; statements of sellers and shipping invoices |
SECTION 6. Payment of excise; reports and examination of records of carriers, warehousemen, etc.; amount credited to Commonwealth Care Trust Fund |
SECTION 7. Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107; 1996, 450, Sec. 115 |
SECTION 7A. Additional cigarette excise tax; credit to Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund; exemption |
SECTION 7B. Cigars and smoking tobacco; payment and rate of excise tax; liability of distributors, retailers and residents; nonresident cigar distributors; licenses; violations and penalties |
SECTION 7C. Additional payment of excise; credit to Health Protection Fund |
SECTION 7D. Personal and individual liability to commonwealth upon failure to pay amount due under this chapter |
SECTION 8. Prosecution for illegal possession, etc. |
SECTION 9. Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107 |
SECTION 10. Regulation of vending machines; penalties for particular offenses; sales to children |
SECTION 11. Records and reports of purchases and sales; investigation, examination and search |
SECTION 12. Selling price; ''loss-leaders'' prohibited |
SECTION 13. Definitions of cost and sale terms |
SECTION 14. Unfair competition; penalty |
SECTION 15. Application of act to unusual sales |
SECTION 16. Fair competition; prices |
SECTION 17. Illegal contracts |
SECTION 18. Fictitious prices; discounts |
SECTION 19. Invoice cost of goods purchased at forced sales |
SECTION 20. Cost survey as evidence |
SECTION 21. Liability of agents aiding violations |
SECTION 22 to 25. Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107 |
SECTION 26. Police power |
SECTION 27. Severability clause |
SECTION 28. Disposition of sums received |
SECTION 29. Payment of tax through use of adhesive stamps |
SECTION 30. Stamper; purchase and use of stamps; appointment; compensation; payment for stamps |
SECTION 31. Redemption of unused or mutilated stamps, etc. |
SECTION 32. Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107 |
SECTION 33. Unstamped cigarettes or stamps; prohibition of sale, etc.; examination and replacement of unstamped or improperly stamped packages |
SECTION 33A. Packages containing fewer than 20 cigarettes; stamps; penalties |
SECTION 34. Possession, sale, etc., of unstamped cigarettes; penalty; prima facie evidence; presumptions |
SECTION 35. Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes; penalty; arrest, search and seizure; forfeitures |
SECTION 36. Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes; necessity of invoices or delivery tickets; prima facie evidence |
SECTION 37. Forgery, alteration, etc., of excise stamps; unauthorized use of metering machine; penalties; forfeitures |
SECTION 38. Unauthorized use of excise stamps; penalty |
SECTION 38A. Seizure, forfeiture and sale of unstamped cigarettes and smokeless tobacco on which tax has not been paid |
SECTION 39. Application of Secs. 29 to 39 |
SECTION 40. Multi-agency illegal tobacco task force; powers and duties; meetings; annual report |