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Legislation


1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 457

File Code: Miscellaneous
Sponsored By:
Delegates Frush, R. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Dembrow, Dypski, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hecht, Hubbard, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, B. Hughes, and Beck
Entitled:
Tobacco Tax

Synopsis:

Imposing the tobacco tax on specified tobacco products other than cigarettes at a rate of 35% of the wholesale price of the other tobacco products; increasing the tobacco tax rate for cigarettes from 36 cents to $1.36 per pack; requiring the Comptroller to establish by regulation a system of administering, collecting, and enforcing the tobacco tax on other tobacco products; making other tobacco products subject to specified enforcement provisions; imposing requirements relating to transportation of other tobacco products; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
1/27
First Reading Ways and Means
2/5
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
COMPTROLLER
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes -
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
TOBACCO
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Business Regulation
( 16-219 )
Tax - General
( 12-101 , 12-101 , 12-101 , 12-102 , 12-103 , 12-104 , 12-105 , 12-202 , 12-203 , 12-302 , 12-303 , 12-306 , 13-408 , 13-834 , 13-835 , 13-836 , 13-837 , 13-839 , 13-841 , 13-842 , 13-1014 , 13-1015 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
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