§ 2345. — Effect on State law.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2345]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 114--TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES
Sec. 2345. Effect on State law
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the
concurrent jurisdiction of a State to enact and enforce cigarette tax
laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes and other property
seized for violation of such laws, and to provide for penalties for the
violation of such laws.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to inhibit or
otherwise affect any coordinated law enforcement effort by a number of
States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the
administration of State cigarette tax laws, to provide for the
confiscation of cigarettes and other property seized in violation of
such laws, and to establish cooperative programs for the administration
of such laws.
(Added Pub. L. 95-575, Sec. 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2465.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1961 of this title.
