{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-326.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-326.4","heading":"Written certification of testing and performance –","body":"Oklahoma Fire Safe Cigarette directory – Recertification – Fee –\n\nEnforcement fund – Altered cigarettes.\n\nA. Each manufacturer shall submit to the State Fire Marshal a\n\nwritten certification attesting that:\n\n1. Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested\n\nin accordance with Section 3 of this act; and\n\n2. Each cigarette listed in the certification meets the\n\nperformance standard set forth in Section 3 of this act.\n\nB. Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be\n\ndescribed with the following information:\n\n1. Brand, or trade name on the package;\n\n2. Style, such as lights, ultralights, or low tar;\n\n3. Length in millimeters;\n\n4. Circumference in millimeters;\n\n5. Flavor, such as menthol or chocolate, if applicable;\n\n6. Filter or nonfilter;\n\n7. Package description, such as soft pack or box;\n\n8. Marking pursuant to Section 5 of this act;\n\n9. The name, address and telephone number of the laboratory, if\n\ndifferent than the manufacturer that conducted the test; and\n\n10. The date that the testing occurred.\n\nC. The certifications shall be made available to the Attorney\n\nGeneral for purposes consistent with this act and the Tax Commission\n\nfor the purposes of ensuring compliance with this section. No later\n\nthan January 31, 2009, the Office of the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal\n\nshall develop and make available for public inspection, on its web\n\nsite and in such other forms as the State Fire Marshal deems\n\nappropriate, an Oklahoma Fire Safe Cigarette directory of all\n\ncertified cigarettes under this act. The State Fire Marshal’s\n\ndirectory shall be provided to the Attorney General no later than\n\nJanuary 31, 2009. The State Fire Marshal shall update the directory\n\nas necessary to keep the directory current and in conformity with\n\nthe requirements of this act and shall provide all updates to the\n\nAttorney General. The directory shall also include a list of\n\ncigarettes exempted pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection H of\n\nSection 3 of this act. A wholesale or retail dealer shall consider\n\nany cigarette listed on the State Fire Marshal’s web site to be\n\nlawful to sell in this state for purposes of the wholesale or retail\n\ndealer’s compliance with this act, unless the wholesale or retail\n\ndealer has actual knowledge that the cigarette does not comply.\n\nD. Each cigarette certified under this section shall be\n\nrecertified every three (3) years. Initial cigarette certifications\n\nmay be made at any time.\n\nE. At the time it submits a written certification under this\n\nsection, a manufacturer shall pay to the State Fire Marshal a fee of\n\nOne Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each brand family of cigarettes\n\nlisted in the certification. The fee paid shall apply to all\n\ncigarettes within the brand family certified, and shall include any\n\nnew cigarette certified within the brand family during the three-\n\nyear certification period.\n\nF. There is established in the State Treasury a separate,\n\nnonlapsing fund to be known as the “Fire Safety Standard and\n\nFirefighter Protection Act Enforcement Fund”. The fund shall\n\nconsist of all certification fees submitted by manufacturers, and\n\nshall, in addition to any other monies made available for such\n\npurpose, be available to the State Fire Marshal solely to support\n\nprocessing, testing, enforcement and oversight activities under this\n\nact.\n\nG. If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to this\n\nsection, and thereafter makes any change to such cigarette that is\n\nlikely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition\n\npropensity standards required by this act, that cigarette shall not\n\nbe sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer\n\nretests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards set\n\nforth in Section 3 of this act and maintains records of that\n\nretesting as required by Section 3 of this act. Any altered\nigarette ignition\n\npropensity standards required by this act, that cigarette shall not\n\nbe sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer\n\nretests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards set\n\nforth in Section 3 of this act and maintains records of that\n\nretesting as required by Section 3 of this act. Any altered\n\ncigarette which does not meet the performance standard set forth in\n\nSection 3 of this act may not be sold in this state.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ba24bd2e00ee3e4acf9d0c8fe395917fa43f6c3bc095e38e474365693538e06e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-326.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-326.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}