1st Sub.
H.B.
196
TOBACCO TAX REVISIONS
House Floor
Amendments
Amendment 6 March 2, 2010 1:38 PM
Representative Ryan D. Wilcox proposes the following amendments:
1. Page 1, Lines 16 through 22 :
16 . increases the tax rate for the sale, use, storage, or distribution of cigarettes in the
17 state and for the sale, use, or storage of tobacco products in the state, for the 2010-
18 11 state fiscal year, as follows:
19 . for cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand cigarettes,
20 from 3.475 cents per cigarette to
{
8.5
}
38.5
cents per cigarette;
21 . for cigarettes weighing in excess of three pounds per thousand cigarettes, from
22 4.075 cents per cigarette to
{
9.963
}
45.147
cents per cigarette;
2. Page 3, Lines 65 through 70 :
65 (2) The rates of the tax levied under Subsection (1) are:
66 (a) beginning on July 1, 2010, and ending on June 30, 2013:
67 [
{
8.5
}
38.5
cents on each cigarette, for all cigarettes weighing not more than
68 three pounds per thousand cigarettes; and
69 [
{
9.963
}
45.147
cents on each cigarette, for all cigarettes weighing in excess of
70 three pounds per thousand cigarettes[
3. Page 4, Lines 110 through 112 :
110
{
(e) $250,000 of the revenue generated from the tax increase imposed under this section
111 during the 2010 General Session shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Health for
112 use in the Gold Medal Schools Program. }
(e) The revenue generated from the tax increase imposed under this section during the 2010 General
Session shall be annually appropriated to the Department of Health for:
(i) the tobacco cessation programs of the Department of Health; and
(ii) state Medicaid expenditures.
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