This Chapter 48 is intended as an aid to the enforcement of, and not as an amendment or modification to, Chapter 47 of this title. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that any agreement of the State to enforce Chapter 47 of this title pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement shall not be modified, varied, amended, supplemented, increased, or extended by the enactment and enforcement of this Chapter 48. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the interpretation and the method or degree of enforcement of this Chapter 48 shall not be allowed to serve as evidence that the provisions of Chapter 47 of this title are not being diligently enforced as contemplated by the Master Settlement Agreement. HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 61, Section 1.A.
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