Sec. 19. (a) Every distributor of cigarettes shall keep and preserve for three (3) years records and invoices, showing the purchase and sale of all cigarettes. Such distributors shall also keep separate invoices, and records of stamps purchased. All the aforementioned records, invoices, and stocks of cigarettes and unused stamps on hand shall be open to inspection by the department at all reasonable times. Provided, however, that all distributors, within fifteen (15) days after the first day of each month, shall file with the department a report of all drop shipment sales made by them to other distributors within this state during the preceding month, which report shall give the name and address of the distributor, the kind and quantity of the sales, and their dates of delivery. Provided, further, however, that every distributor engaged in interstate business shall, within ten (10) days after the first day of each month, file with the department a report of all such interstate sales made during the preceding month, which report shall give the name and address of the person to whom sold, the kind and quantity of the sales, and their dates of delivery.

     (b) All drop shipments made by manufacturers of cigarettes within the state of Indiana must be shipped and billed through a regularly licensed distributor licensed by the state of Indiana (as defined in section 6 of this chapter).

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.222, s.18. As amended by P.L.2-1988, SEC.30.