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HB 2254 Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobaccos.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Tobacco Board; composition; assessment. Alters the member nomination process, tax rate, and other functions of the Tobacco Board (the Board). The bill removes the 90-day deadline for submission of industry nominees for a seat on the Board, as well as the requirement that there be two or more nominations for each seat. The bill removes from the Board the power to appoint a secretary and other employees. Finally, the bill raises the excise tax on tobacco from 20 cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds of tobacco harvested and renames it an assessment; authorizes the Board, at its discretion, to waive interest on the assessment when it is paid late or is left unpaid; and provides criteria for such waiver. This bill is identical to SB 948.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101881D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104064D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2254ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101881D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104064D-H1
- 01/26/17 House: Read first time
- 01/27/17 House: Read second time
- 01/27/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104064D-H1
- 01/27/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2254H1
- 01/30/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/07/17 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/08/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2254ER)
- 02/08/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/08/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/09/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
- 02/09/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
- 02/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)