Senate Bill 2106 Summary

• Expands the definition of "cigarette" to include any product made by a cigarette-making machine, and defines cigarette-making machines as commercial devices producing more than five rolls or tubes per minute from materials other than tobacco.

• Prohibits operation of cigarette-making machines in North Dakota unless the operator has a valid federal tobacco product manufacturer permit under 26 U.S.C. 5713 or uses the machine exclusively for personal consumption.

• Requires registration of all cigarette-making machines with the North Dakota Attorney General, with three-year renewal periods and immediate termination if federal permits are revoked or personal-use affidavits become false.

• Mandates tobacco product manufacturers using such machines install tamper-proof counting devices, provide tax commissioner access, pay applicable taxes, comply with ignition propensity standards, and use only federal tax-paid or tax-exempt roll-your-own tobacco.

• Classifies violations as Class A misdemeanors and authorizes confiscation and forfeiture of cigarette-making machines operated in violation of the law; effective July 1, 2013.