§ 231-A. Delivery sales of cigarettes
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal AffairsEffective: January 24, 2005
Effective: January 24, 2005
72 P.S. § 231-A
§ 231-A. Delivery sales of cigarettes
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person in the business of selling cigarettes to take an order for cigarettes through the mail or through any telecommunications means, including by telephone, facsimile or the Internet, if in providing for the sale or delivery of the cigarettes pursuant to the order the person mails the cigarettes or ships the cigarettes sold by him to the purchaser by carrier in or affecting interstate commerce, and the person fails to comply with each of the following procedures for the delivery sales to the purchaser:
(3) In the case of an order for cigarettes that occurs pursuant to an advertisement on the Internet or in any newspaper or print or other media, the person receives payment by credit card or check for the order before mailing or shipping the cigarettes. Payment must be made by credit card issued to or check issued by the person purchasing the cigarettes.
(b) Prior to making delivery sales or shipping cigarettes in connection with any sales subject to this section, every person shall file with the department a statement setting forth such person's name, trade name and the address of such person's principal place of business and any other place of business.
(d) Each person making a delivery sale shall collect and remit to the department any taxes levied by the State with respect to such sale pursuant to law, except that such collection and remission shall not be required to the extent such person has obtained proof in the form of the presence of applicable tax stamps or otherwise that such taxes already have been paid to the Commonwealth.
(3) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this section or who knowingly and falsely submits a certification under this section in another person's name shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
(f) The department or its designee, the Attorney General or his or her designee or any person who holds a permit under 26 U.S.C. § 5712 (relating to application for permit) or 19 U.S.C. § 1311 (relating to bonded manufacturing warehouses) or 1555 (relating to bonded warehouses) may bring an action in the appropriate court in this Commonwealth to prevent or restrain violations of this section by any person or any person controlling such person.
Credits
1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. II-A, § 231-A, added 2004, Nov. 23, P.L. 1238, No. 150, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 24, 2005].
72 P.S. § 231-A, PA ST 72 P.S. § 231-A
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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