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SB 948 Tobacco Board; composition, increases excise tax on bright flue-cured & type 21 dark-fired tobacco.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (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 HB 2254.
FULL TEXT
- 12/31/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100711D pdf | impact statement
- 01/12/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104043D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/31/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100711D
- 12/31/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/12/17 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (10-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/12/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104043D-S1
- 01/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/17/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/17/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104043D-S1
- 01/17/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB948S1
- 01/18/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/30/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/17 House: Read second time
- 02/10/17 House: Read third time
- 02/10/17 House: Passed House (92-Y 3-N)
- 02/10/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/13/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER)
- 02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/13/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- 02/14/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- 02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)