1. The license of a wholesale dealer may be suspended or revoked if a similar license of the wholesale dealer is suspended or revoked in any other state based on an act or omission that would, if the act or omission had occurred in this State, be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of the wholesale dealer pursuant to NRS 370.595, unless the wholesale dealer demonstrates that the suspension or revocation of its license in the other state was effected without due process. A wholesale dealer whose license is suspended or revoked in this State pursuant to this subsection is eligible for reinstatement upon the earlier of the date on which the violation in the other state is cured or the date on which the license of the wholesale dealer is reinstated in the other state.

2. A nonparticipating manufacturer and its brand families and styles of cigarettes may be denied listing in the directory or removed from the directory for any of the following reasons:

(a) The nonparticipating manufacturer is removed from the directory of another state based on an act or omission that would, if the act or omission had occurred in this State, be grounds for the removal of the nonparticipating manufacturer from the directory of this State pursuant to NRS 370.675, unless the nonparticipating manufacturer demonstrates that its removal from the directory of the other state was effected without due process. A nonparticipating manufacturer that is removed from the directory of this State pursuant to this paragraph is eligible for reinstatement to the directory upon the earlier of the date on which the violation in the other state is cured or the date on which the nonparticipating manufacturer is reinstated to the directory of the other state.

(b) The nonparticipating manufacturer is convicted of any crime relating to the manufacture, sale or distribution of tobacco products in this State or another state.

(c) The nonparticipating manufacturer fails to report the existence or result, including any conviction, of any investigation of the nonparticipating manufacturer which is known to the nonparticipating manufacturer regarding the commission of any crime relating to the manufacture, sale or distribution of tobacco products in this State or another state.

(d) The nonparticipating manufacturer fails to report any investigation of the nonparticipating manufacturer which is known to the nonparticipating manufacturer regarding any violation of the laws of any other state based on an act or omission that would, if the act or omission had occurred in this State, be grounds for the removal of the nonparticipating manufacturer from the directory of this State pursuant to NRS 370.675.

(e) The nonparticipating manufacturer knowingly makes a false, material statement in any report, filing or other communication provided to this State pursuant to this chapter or chapter 370A of NRS.

(f) The nonparticipating manufacturer has a shortfall or fails to make an escrow deposit that is due in another state or territory of the United States, has been given reasonable notice of the shortfall or failure and has failed to cure the shortfall or make the deposit within 30 days after receiving notice of the shortfall or failure.

(g) In any calendar year the total nationwide sales of cigarettes on which federal excise tax is paid by the nonparticipating manufacturer exceeds by more than 5 percent the amount of such sales reported in:

(1) Any nationwide report made by the nonparticipating manufacturer or any importer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 375 et seq.;

(2) Any interstate report required by law; or

(3) Any intrastate report required by law,

unless the nonparticipating manufacturer cures the discrepancy or provides a satisfactory explanation of the discrepancy within 30 days after receiving notice of the discrepancy.

3. The provisions of NRS 233B.121 to 233B.150, inclusive, apply to:

(a) The suspension or revocation of the license of a wholesale dealer pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b) The removal of a nonparticipating manufacturer and its brand families and styles of cigarettes from the directory pursuant to subsection 2.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 931; A 2013, 2663; 2017, 1005; 2019, 640)