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1998 SESSION

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SB 565 Cigarette taxes.

Introduced by: Kevin G. Miller (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Cigarette taxes. Increases the state cigarette tax from 2.5 cents per pack to 15 cents per pack. Ten cents per pack of the 12.5 cent-per-pack tax increase is distributed among localities based on point of sale, and the remaining 2.5 cents per pack of the tax increase is distributed among those localities which had a local cigarette tax rate on January 1, 1998, that exceeded 10 cents per pack. The local cigarette tax is repealed. The bill's provisions of this bill will become effective on January 1, 1999.


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