| 1 | Representative Legg offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with conforming amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 245-269 and insert: |
| 5 | (f) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall not prohibit: |
| 6 | 1. Wholesale or retail dealers from selling their existing |
| 7 | inventory of cigarettes on or after the effective date of this |
| 8 | section if the wholesale or retail dealer can establish that |
| 9 | state tax stamps were affixed to the cigarettes prior to the |
| 10 | effective date and the wholesale or retail dealer can establish |
| 11 | that the inventory was purchased prior to the effective date in |
| 12 | comparable quantity to the inventory purchased during the same |
| 13 | period of the prior year; or |
| 14 | 2. The sale of cigarettes solely for the purpose of |
| 15 | consumer testing. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term |
| 16 | "consumer testing" means an assessment of cigarettes that is |
| 17 | conducted by or is under the control and direction of a |
| 18 | manufacturer for the purpose of evaluating consumer acceptance |
| 19 | of such cigarettes and that uses only the quantity of cigarettes |
| 20 | that is reasonably necessary for such assessment. |
| 21 | (g) It is the intent of the Legislature by this section to |
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| 24 | ====== C O N F O R M I N G A M E N D M E N T ===== |
| 25 | Remove line 150 and insert: |
| 26 | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (f), no cigarettes may |