Bill Text: PA HB1115 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defining "bidis" or "beedies"; and prohibiting the sale of bidis.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Referred to HUMAN SERVICES [HB1115 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1115-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1226
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1115 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, FRANKEL, GROVE, JOSEPHS, VULAKOVICH AND WAGNER, MARCH 21, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 21, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," defining "bidis" or "beedies"; and prohibiting
the sale of bidis.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 202-A of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 202-A. Definitions.--As used in this article--
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"Bidis" or "Beedies" shall mean a product containing tobacco
that is wrapped in temburni leaf (diospyros melanoxylon) or
tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra), or any other product that is
offered to, or purchased by, consumers as bidis or beedies.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 228.1-A. Prohibiting the Sale of Bidis.--(a) The
sale of bidis is prohibited.
(b) A cigarette dealer, wholesaler or retailer who holds a
license and who sells bidis as prohibited by this section shall
be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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