Bill Text: CT SB00274 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Taxation Of Smokeless Tobacco.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [SB00274 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00274-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 274

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1527

   

Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to reinstate the progressive ad valorem method of taxation on snuff smokeless tobacco and eliminate the current weight-based taxation.

Statement of Purpose:

To reinstate the progressive ad valorem method of taxation on snuff smokeless tobacco and eliminate the current weight-based taxation.

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