IL SB2915

Distributors must submit information to the Attorney General within 20 days after each calendar quarter regarding cigarette sales by brand family, including stamps affixed and taxes paid, and maintain sales documentation for 5 years.

Director and Attorney General may share information received under the Tobacco Products Manufacturers' Escrow Enforcement Act with each other and with federal, state, or local agencies for enforcement purposes.

Director and Attorney General shall share information from the Cigarette Tax Act, Cigarette Use Tax Act, Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995, Cigarette Machine Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and Retailers' Occupation Tax Act for enforcement of escrow and related laws.

Attorney General may require non-participating manufacturers to provide proof of qualified escrow fund amounts and transaction details from financial institutions at any time.

Cigarette tubes used in cigarette machines must be constructed of paper type determined by the Attorney General to reduce ignition propensity, with compliance required no earlier than 6 months after an appropriate nationally recognized standard is developed.