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2005 SESSION

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SB 1008 Apples; establishing an excise tax.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | 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 HB 1746.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 052086732  pdf | impact statement
• 01/26/05  Senate: Printed as engrossed 052086732-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/05  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1008ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0864)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/11/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 052086732
• 01/11/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/24/05  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amd (13-Y 1-N)
• 01/25/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/05  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/05  Senate: Read second time
• 01/26/05  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 01/26/05  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/26/05  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1008E
• 01/26/05  Senate: Printed as engrossed 052086732-E
• 01/27/05  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 4-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (33-Y 4-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (34-Y 4-N)
• 01/27/05  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/08/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/05  House: Read first time
• 02/08/05  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/16/05  House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/05  House: Read second time
• 02/18/05  House: Read third time
• 02/18/05  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/18/05  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/18/05  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/05  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/05  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1008ER)
• 03/09/05  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/28/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 864 (effective 7/1/05)
• 04/05/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0864)