(a) Every manufacturer or importer holding a license pursuant to Section 22979.21 shall file a monthly report to the board, in a manner specified by the board, which may include, but is not limited to, electronic media. The monthly report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) A list of all distributors licensed pursuant to Section 22975 to which the manufacturer or importer shipped its tobacco products or caused its tobacco products to be shipped.
(2) The total wholesale cost of the products.
(b) The board may suspend the license or revoke the license, pursuant to the provisions applicable to the revocation of a license set forth in Section 30148 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of any importer or any manufacturer that has failed to comply with the requirements of this section.
(c) All information and records provided to the board pursuant to subdivision (a) are confidential in nature and shall not be disclosed by the board. Information required under subdivision (a) are not public records under the California Public Records Act, as described in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code and shall not be open to public inspection.
(d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative May 1, 2007.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 501, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007. Section operative May 1, 2007, pursuant to subdivision (d).)