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2009 SESSION
092589500Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-1001 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-1001. Tax levied; rate.
A. Except as provided in subsection B, in addition to all
other taxes now imposed by law, every person within this Commonwealth who
sells, stores or receives cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute thereof,
for the purpose of distribution to any person within this Commonwealth, shall
pay to this Commonwealth an excise tax of one and one-quarter mills on each
such cigarette sold, stored or received before August 1, 2004; an excise tax of
one cent on each such cigarette sold, stored or received on and after August 1,
2004, through midnight on June 30, 2005; and an
excise tax of 1.5 cents on each such cigarette sold, stored or received on and
after July 1, 2005, through midnight on June 30, 2009;
and an excise tax of 5.95 cents on each such cigarette sold, stored or received on and after July 1, 2009.
B. In addition to all other taxes now imposed by law, every
person within the Commonwealth who sells, stores, or receives roll-your-own
tobacco, for the purpose of distribution within the Commonwealth, shall pay to
the Commonwealth a cigarette excise tax at the rate of 10% 30 percent of the manufacturer's sales
price of such roll-your-own tobacco.
C. The revenues generated by the taxes imposed under this section on and after August 1, 2004, shall be collected by the Department and deposited into the Virginia Health Care Fund established under § 32.1-366.
2. That the additional revenue attributable to the 4.45 cents per cigarette increase in the tax pursuant to the amendment to § 58.1-1001 of the Code of Virginia shall be distributed as follows: (i) the amount attributable to 1.5 cents of the increased rate shall be used solely to fund Medicaid program services, and (ii) the amount attributable to the remaining 2.95 cents shall be used solely to fund state education assistance programs for public schools.