RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.

Expands the use of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the duties and responsibilities of the state fire council, including the hiring of staff. Specifies the testing process by the state fire council in determining a cigarette's compliance with performance standards under state law. Expands the conditions in which a civil penalty may be imposed on a manufacturer to include a cigarette failure rate of twenty-five per cent or greater after two successive failed tests.