A. The Cigarette Enforcement Act shall be enforced by the department and the attorney general; provided that, at the request of the department, the state police and all local police authorities shall enforce the provisions of the Cigarette Enforcement Act.
B. For the purpose of enforcing the Cigarette Enforcement Act, the department or the attorney general may request information from any state or local agency, and may share information with, and request information from, any federal agency and any agency of any other state or any local agency thereof.
C. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, including enforcement as provided in Subsection A of this section, any person may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief for a violation of the Cigarette Enforcement Act; actual damages, if any, sustained by reason of the violation; and, as determined by the court, interest on the damages from the date of the complaint, taxable costs and reasonable attorney fees. If the trier of fact finds that the violation is flagrant, it may increase recovery to an amount not in excess of three times the actual damages sustained by reason of the violation.
History: Laws 2000, ch. 77, § 10; 2009, ch. 197, § 24.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, in Subsection A, after "enforced by the department", added "and the attorney general"; and in Subsection B, after "the department", added "or the attorney general".