- (a) There is levied an excise tax of 12.5 mills on each cigarette imported or acquired in this state from a nonparticipating manufacturer.
- (b) The tax levied by this section is in addition to the taxes levied by AS 43.50.010 — 43.50.190. The tax shall be administered and collected in the same manner as the taxes levied by AS 43.50.010 — 43.50.180, except that receipts from the tax shall be deposited in the general fund. The penalties provided in AS 43.05 and this chapter apply to the tax levied in this section.
- (c) In this section, “nonparticipating manufacturer” means a tobacco product manufacturer as defined in AS 45.53.100 that is not a participating manufacturer as that term is defined in sec. II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement.