SC S0372 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-28 - Referred to Committee on Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

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, And To 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.

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Title

Cigarette tax

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2015-01-28SenateReferred to Committee on Finance
2015-01-28SenateIntroduced and read first time

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1221625(n/a)See Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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