South Carolina Senate Bill 953 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 2 2011 - Referred to Committee on Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Revise The Weight Limitation On Cigarettes From Three Pounds Or Less Per One Thousand Cigarettes To Four And One-half Pounds Or Less Per One Thousand Cigarettes And To Exempt Those Wrapped Totally In Tobacco Leaf With No Filter; To Also Define "cigarette" To Include 0.325 Ounces Of Tobacco Likely Intended To Be Purchased To Roll Your Own Cigarettes; And To Require The Director Of The Department Of Revenue To Determine If There Are Barriers To The Enforcement Or Collection Of Cigarette Taxes, To Make Recommendations To Remove These Barriers, And To Report Their Findings To The General Assembly.

Cigarette redefined

Sen Dick Elliott	Sen Kent M. Williams	Sen David L. Thomas	Sen John L. Scott, Jr.
Sen J. Yancey McGill	Sen Glenn F. McConnell	Sen Joel Lourie	Sen Darrell Jackson
Sen C. Bradley Hutto	Sen Robert W. Hayes, Jr.	Sen Michael L. Fair	Sen Chauncey K. Gregory

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-02		Referred to Committee on Finance
2011-06-02		Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
12	21	625	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0953&session=119&summary=B
Text	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/953_20110602.htm