Bill Text: MA H2773 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The excise tax imposed on certain tobacco products
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/13 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2773 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2773-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jonathan Hecht
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act To Reduce Youth Consumption of Tobacco Products By Equalizing the Cigarette Excise.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Jonathan Hecht |
29th Middlesex |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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Pam Richardson |
6th Middlesex |
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Linda Dorcena Forry |
12th Suffolk |
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Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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Peter v. Kocot |
1st Hampshire |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Stephen Kulik |
1st Franklin |
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James J. O'Day |
14th Worcester District |
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Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
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Mark V. Falzone |
9th Essex |
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Alice K. Wolf |
25th Middlesex |
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Elizabeth A. Malia |
11th Suffolk |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Ruth B. Balser |
12th Middlesex |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Sonia Chang-Díaz |
Second Suffolk |
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Mary E. Grant |
6th Essex |
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Robert F. Fennell |
10th Essex |
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Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Carolyn Dykema |
8th Middlesex |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Christopher J. Donelan |
2nd Franklin |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Sean Garballey |
23rd Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to reduce youth consumption of tobacco products by closing
loopholes in the cigarette excise.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7B of Chapter 64C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
(m) In addition to the excise imposed by paragraph (b), an excise shall be imposed on all cigars weighing more than 3 pounds per 1,000 units and not more than 12 pounds per 1,000 units held in the commonwealth at the rate of 80 per cent of the wholesale price of such product. In addition to the excise imposed by paragraph (b), an excise shall be imposed on all smoking tobacco held in the commonwealth at the rate of 90 per cent of the wholesale price of such product.
SECTION 2. Section 7C(a) of Chapter 64C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the sentence “Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the excise imposed by this section shall equal twenty-five percent of the price paid by such licensee or unclassified acquirer to purchase smokeless tobacco so sold, imported, or acquired” and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: “Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the excise imposed by this section shall equal forty-five percent of the price paid by such licensee or unclassified acquirer to purchase smokeless tobacco so sold, imported or acquired.”
