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2004 SESSION

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SB 455 Cigarettes and tobacco products; tax increased.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Taxation; cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the excise tax on cigarettes from two and one-half cents to 75 cents per pack. Also imposes an excise tax of three percent on noncigarette tobacco products, such as cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco. The tax on noncigarette tobacco products is to be implemented in a manner similar to the present taxation of cigarettes.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044932844  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 044932844
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/17/04  Senate: Incorporated by Fin. (SB465-Chichester) by voice vote