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2005 SESSION
HB 1746 Apples; establishing an excise tax.
Introduced by: Beverly J. Sherwood | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Referendum on question of levying excise tax on apples; penalty. Directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to authorize the holding of a referendum on the levy of an excise tax of 2.5 cents per tree run bushel of ungraded apples grown in the Commonwealth for sale by producers of at least 5,000 tree run bushels per calendar year. The bill defines "tree run bushel" as a bushel of harvested apples that have not yet been graded or sized. This bill is identical to SB 1008.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 050248504 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/05 House: Printed as engrossed 050248504-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1746ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/03/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 050248504
- 01/03/05 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/02/05 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/05 House: Read first time
- 02/04/05 House: Read second time
- 02/04/05 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/04/05 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1746E
- 02/04/05 House: Printed as engrossed 050248504-E
- 02/05/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/14/05 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/05 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/01/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1746ER)
- 03/03/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/28/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 875 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/05/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0875)