2023 Indiana Code › Title 24. Trade Regulation › Article 3. Tobacco Products › Chapter 5.4. Master Settlement Agreement Protection Act › 24-3-5.4-14. Brand Family Directory; Refunds

Sec. 14. (a) Not later than July 1 of each year, the attorney general shall make available to the public by publishing on accessIndiana (as operated under IC 4-13.1-2) a directory listing all brand families listed in certifications filed under section 13 of this chapter.
(b) A directory described in subsection (a) shall not include the name or brand families of a nonparticipating manufacturer:
(1) that fails to comply with section 13 of this chapter;
(2) whose certification fails to comply with section 13(c) or 13(e) of this chapter, unless the attorney general determines that the failure has been remedied; or
(3) that:
(A) has filed a certification under section 13 of this chapter; and
(B) poses an elevated risk for noncompliance, as determined by the attorney general under section 13.6(a) of this chapter;
unless the nonparticipating manufacturer, or an importer that assumes joint and several liability with the nonparticipating manufacturer under section 13.5 of this chapter, posts a bond under section 13.6 of this chapter.
(c) The directory may not include a tobacco product manufacturer or a brand family if the attorney general concludes that:
(1) in the case of a nonparticipating manufacturer, all escrow payments required under IC 24-3-3-12 for any period for any brand family, whether or not listed by the nonparticipating manufacturer, have not been fully paid into a qualified escrow fund governed by a qualified escrow agreement that has been approved by the attorney general; or
(2) all outstanding final judgments, including interest on the judgments, for violations of IC 24-3-3 have not been fully satisfied for the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family.
(d) The directory may not include a newly qualified nonparticipating manufacturer unless the newly qualified nonparticipating manufacturer posts a bond under section 13.6 of this chapter.
(e) The attorney general shall update the directory as necessary to correct mistakes or to add or remove a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family to keep the directory in conformity with the requirements of this chapter.
(f) The attorney general shall post in the directory and transmit by electronic mail or other means to each distributor or stamping agent notice of any removal from the directory of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family not later than thirty (30) days before the attorney general removes the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family from the directory.
(g) Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between a tobacco product manufacturer and a distributor or stamping agent, a distributor or stamping agent is entitled to a refund from a tobacco product manufacturer for any money paid by the distributor or stamping agent to the tobacco product manufacturer for any cigarettes of the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that:
(1) are in the possession of the distributor or stamping agent on; or
(2) the distributor or stamping agent receives from a retailer after;
the date on which the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family is removed from the directory.
(h) Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between a retailer and a distributor, stamping agent, or tobacco product manufacturer, a retailer is entitled to a refund from a distributor, stamping agent, or tobacco product manufacturer for any money paid by the retailer to the distributor, stamping agent, or tobacco product manufacturer for any cigarettes of the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that are in the possession of the retailer on the date on which the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family is removed from the directory.
(i) The attorney general shall not restore a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family to the directory until the tobacco product manufacturer pays a distributor, stamping agent, or retailer any refund due under subsection (g) or (h).
(j) A distributor or stamping agent shall provide and update as necessary an electronic mail address to the attorney general for purposes of receiving a notification required by this chapter.
As added by P.L.252-2003, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.177-2005, SEC.44; P.L.24-2010, SEC.6.