2023 Tennessee Code › Title 67 - TAXES AND LICENSES (§§ 67-1-101 — 67-10-107) › Chapter 4 - PRIVILEGE AND EXCISE TAXES (§§ 67-4-101 — 67-4-3206) › Part 10 - TOBACCO TAX LAW (§§ 67-4-1001 — 67-4-1033) › Section 67-4-1032 - Cigarette rolling machine operators

(a)
On and after October 1, 2013, no cigarette rolling machine operator shall:
(1)
Use, offer for use, or allow to be used in its cigarette rolling machines any tobacco other than roll-your-own tobacco that is currently listed on the directory maintained by the commissioner pursuant to §
67-4-2602
;
(2)
Possess any loose tobacco other than roll-your-own tobacco that is currently listed on the directory maintained by the commissioner pursuant to §
67-4-2602
;
(3)
Possess more than sixteen ounces (16 oz.) per cigarette rolling machine of loose tobacco of any brand within a directory-approved roll-your-own brand family at any given time; or
(4)
Accept or allow the operator's cigarette rolling machine to be used to process cigarettes with tobacco that was not first purchased or obtained from the cigarette rolling machine operator.
(b)
(1)
Any cigarette rolling machine purchased or leased for use, or controlled, possessed or maintained by a cigarette rolling machine operator must contain a secure meter that:
(A)
Counts the number of cigarettes made, manufactured, or fabricated by the machine; and
(B)
Cannot be altered by the cigarette rolling machine operator.
(2)
Upon request by the commissioner, a cigarette rolling machine operator shall provide the information contained on the secure meter. The cigarette rolling machine operator shall maintain the information contained on the secure meter for a period of seven (7) years from the date of each transaction.
(c)
In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law:
(1)
The commissioner may revoke or suspend a license issued to a cigarette rolling machine operator under this part if the cigarette rolling machine operator has violated this section, or any rule adopted pursuant to this section, as provided by §
67-4-1016
and in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5; and
(2)
For each violation of this section, or any rule adopted pursuant to this section, the commissioner may impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of five hundred percent (500%) of the retail value of the tobacco that is sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in violation of this section or five thousand dollars ($5,000). Such penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by §
67-4-1015
and in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
(d)
Any tobacco that has been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale by the cigarette rolling machine operator in violation of this section shall be deemed contraband and is subject to seizure and forfeiture by the commissioner as provided in §§
67-4-1020
and
67-4-1021
.
(e)
In lieu of the reporting requirements contained in §
67-4-2604(a)
, the commissioner may require, upon request, a cigarette rolling machine operator to submit any additional information as is necessary to enable the commissioner to determine whether a cigarette rolling machine operator is in compliance with this part.
Acts 2012, ch. 1066, § 8.