63.05.060 Separate and Additional Fee on the Sale of Cigarettes - Collection – Allocation of Revenue - Tax Avoidance Prohibited

There is hereby levied and assessed and there shall be collected by the Tax Commissioner and paid to the treasurer, upon all cigarettes sold on this within the territory and jurisdiction, an additional tax, separate and apart from all other taxes, of seventeen mills on each cigarette, to be collected as existing taxes on cigarettes sold are, or hereafter may be, collected, by use of appropriate stamps and under similar accounting procedures. No person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company shall transport or bring or cause to be shipped onto the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation any cigarettes as provided herein, other than for delivery to wholesalers in this state, without first paying the tax thereon to the state tax commissioner. All of the moneys collected by the state treasurer under this section shall be distributed to the Turtle Mountain Tribe in accordance with the Cigarette Tax Agreement.