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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-501" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Escrow Requirements for Nonparticipating Tobacco Product Manufacturers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark, regardless of whether the cigarettes are differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors such as “menthol”, “lights”, “kings”, “100s”, or other differentiation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Brand family” includes any use of a brand name (alone or in conjunction with any other word) trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Cigarette” has the meaning stated in § 16–402(e) of this title (the Escrow Act).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of the State or any authorized agent of the Comptroller who is responsible for collection of the excise tax on cigarettes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Escrow Act” means Subtitle 4 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Executive Director” includes an agent or employee of the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission responsible for the enforcement of State tobacco laws and regulations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Licensed wholesaler” means a wholesaler who is licensed under Subtitle 2 of this title to act as a wholesaler and any person who is an authorized agent of the licensed wholesaler for the stamping and distribution of cigarettes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Master Settlement Agreement” has the meaning stated in § 16–402(f) of this title (the Escrow Act).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Participating manufacturer” has the meaning stated in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments to the Agreement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Qualified escrow fund” has the meaning stated in § 16–402(g) of this title (the Escrow Act).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Tobacco product manufacturer” has the meaning stated in § 16–402(j) of this title (the Escrow Act).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Units sold” has the meaning stated in § 16–402(k) of this title (the Escrow Act).</text>
  </level>
</section>
