Sale or Purchase of Cigarette Packages Without Stamps; Fines and Penalties

(a)A person shall be guilty of a third

(3rd)degree felony if the person:

(1)is not a licensee, and knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, acquires, or transports three thousand (3,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article; or

(2)knowingly sells one thousand (1,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article.

(b)A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person:

(1)is not a licensee, and knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, acquires, or transports one thousand (1,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article; or

(2)knowingly sells less than one thousand (1,000) cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article.

(c)In addition to any other authorized disposition, a person found in violation of:

(1)Subsection

(a)is subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000); and

(2)Subsection

(b)is subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).