Sec. 154.042. DISTRIBUTOR. (a) A distributor shall affix the required tax stamps to each individual package that is to be sold, offered for sale, consumed, distributed, handled, or transported. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each distributor in this state shall affix the required stamps within 96 hours after receiving the cigarettes, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. (c) If a distributor reasonably foresees that the distributor will receive cigarettes in quantities that will make compliance with Subsection (b) commercially impracticable in the normal course of business, the distributor shall provide the comptroller, before receipt of the cigarettes, with advance written notice of the anticipated noncompliance and a plan for achieving compliance. On receipt of the written notice, the comptroller shall review the plan and determine whether to provide an extension of time in which the tax stamps must be affixed after the distributor receives the cigarettes. The comptroller may not unreasonably withhold an extension of time. (d) A plan for achieving compliance that is submitted to the comptroller under Subsection (c) is confidential and not subject to Chapter 552 , Government Code.
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