47-25-303 - Sales below cost Evidence Enforcement by department of revenue. - Tennessee Statutes

47-25-303. Sales below cost Evidence Enforcement by department of revenue.

(a)  It is a Class C misdemeanor for any retailer, with intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition, to advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail, cigarettes at less than cost to the retailer.

(b)  Evidence of advertisement, offering to sell or sale of cigarettes by any retailer at less than cost to the retailer shall be prima facie evidence of both a violation of the Unfair Retailer's Cigarette Sales Law, compiled in this part, and of intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition.

(c)  It is the intention of the general assembly that the provisions of this part be enforced by the department of revenue.

[Acts 1949, ch. 68, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 6770.14 (Williams, § 6770.47); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 69-403; Acts 1991, ch. 259, §§ 1, 2; 1997, ch. 258, § 1; 1998, ch. 768, § 1.]