Section 9. Sale of existing inventory.
(a) Existing inventory.--The requirement that only cigarettes certified as compliant with the performance standard in this act may be sold shall not prohibit wholesale dealers or retail dealers from selling their existing inventory of cigarettes on or after the effective date of this section if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The wholesale dealer or retail dealer can establish
that State tax stamps were affixed to the cigarettes prior to
the effective date of this section.
(2) The wholesale dealer or retail dealer can establish
that the inventory was purchased prior to the effective date
of this section, in comparable quantity to the inventory
purchased during the same period of the prior year.
(b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a wholesale dealer or retail dealer may not sell or offer for sale a cigarette in this Commonwealth that does not comply with this act after July 1, 2010.
(9 amended June 29, 2009, P.L.49, No.9)