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PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION Draft For Settlement Discussion Purposes Only - 129 - - 1 of funds under section of this Act [provision governing grants to States of 2 Trust Fund moneys] has satisfied the requirements of this section, and no State 3 shall receive such payment without such certification. 4 (c) No tobacco claim otherwise maintainable under section 433(b) of 5 this Act shall be maintained-- 6 (1) in any court under the law of a State that does not have in 7 effect a law described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section; 8 or 9 (2) under the law of any State in the courts of a State that does 10 not have in effect a law described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 11 this section. 12 Unless and until a State has in effect a law described in paragraph (1) of 13 subsection (a) of this section, any tobacco claim otherwise maintainable under 14 section 433(b) of this Act that is asserted under the law of or in the courts of such 15 State shall be deemed to arise under this section and shall be subject to the 16 provisions of this subtitle, and the substantive rules of decision for such claim 17 shall otherwise be derived from the law of the State that would have been 18 applicable but for the operation of this subsection.