2002 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 499

File Code: Public Health Prior Year Introduction As: HB 287/01 - ENV
Sponsored By:
Delegates W. Baker, Cadden, Baldwin, Bohanan, Boutin, Cane, Conway, D'Amato, Eckardt, Glassman, Greenip, A. Jones, Kagan, Kelly, Linton, Malone, McKee, Mitchell, Rawlings, Rzepkowski, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled:
Contraband Tobacco Products and Conveyances - Distribution of Sale Proceeds

Synopsis:

Requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from sales of seized and forfeited contraband tobacco products and conveyances to the Cigarette Restitution Fund to be used for the Youth Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program and the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program; repealing the authority of the Comptroller to sell contraband tobacco products to a State institution, a nonprofit charitable institution, or a licensed cigarette wholesaler; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/31
First Reading Ways and Means
2/6
Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33
Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
COMPTROLLER
DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
FORFEITURE
HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
RESTITUTION
REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES
TOBACCO
YOUTH -see also- MINORS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Tax - General
( 2-1604 , 13-841 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered