A. A person shall not distribute stamped packages of cigarettes for resale or sell stamped packages of cigarettes at wholesale without first obtaining a distributor's license from the department.
B. A person licensed to distribute cigarettes is authorized to:
(1) receive unstamped packages of cigarettes from a manufacturer or a distributor;
(2) purchase tax stamps and receive tax-exempt stamps and tax-credit stamps from the department;
(3) affix tax stamps, tax-credit stamps or tax-exempt stamps to unstamped packages of cigarettes;
(4) sell stamped packages of cigarettes to a retailer for resale or to a distributor; and
(5) sell unstamped packages of cigarettes to a person licensed to distribute cigarettes outside of New Mexico or to a distributor.