83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3536, Chapter 1305 Page: 3 of 14
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H.B. No. 3536
1 packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use in making cigarettes
2 and is likely to be offered to or purchased by a consumer for that
3 purpose.
4 (4) "Credit amendment" means an amendment to the
5 master settlement agreement that offers a credit to subsequent
6 participating manufacturers for fees paid under this subchapter
7 with respect to their products in a form agreed on by settling
8 states, as defined in the master settlement agreement, with
9 aggregate allocable shares, as defined in the master settlement
10 agreement, equal to at least 99.937049 percent; by the original
11 participating manufacturers, as defined in the master settlement
12 agreement; and by subsequent participating manufacturers whose
13 aggregate market share, expressed as a percentage of the total
14 number of individual cigarettes sold in the United States, the
15 District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico during the calendar year at
16 issue, as measured by excise taxes collected by the federal
17 government, and in the case of cigarettes sold in Puerto Rico, by
18 arbitrios de cigarillos collected by the Puerto Rico taxing
19 authority, is greater than 2.5 percent. For purposes of the
20 calculation of subsequent participating manufacturer market share
21 under this subchapter, 0.09 ounces of roll-your-own tobacco
22 constitutes one cigarette.
23 (5) "Distributor" has the meaning assigned by Section
24 154.001 or 155.001, Tax Code, as appropriate.
25 (6) "Fee" or "monthly fee" means the fee imposed under
26 Section 161.603.
27 (7) "Manufacturer" means a person that manufactures,
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3536, Chapter 1305, legislative document, June 14, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth438660/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.