6. Within 15 days from the effective date of this act, or in the case of distributors or wholesalers commencing business or opening new places of business after that date, within three days after the commencement or opening, every distributor or wholesaler required to pay the taxes imposed by this act shall file with the director a certificate of registration in a form prescribed by the director unless a certificate of authority has been previously issued to any distributor or wholesaler. The director shall issue, without charge, to each registrant a certificate of authority requiring the registrant to pay the tax and a duplicate thereof for each additional place of business of the registrant. Each certificate or duplicate shall state the place of business to which it is applicable. The certificate of authority shall be prominently displayed in the place of business of the registrant. Certificates shall be nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be surrendered to the director immediately upon the registrant’s ceasing to do business at the place named.

L.1990,c.39,s.6; amended 2001, c.448, s.5.