l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1245

Cigarettes; impose fee on certain manufacturers, revise requirements related to cigarettes in interstate commerce.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO IMPOSE A FEE ON NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO REQUIRE MONTHLY REPORTING OF THE NUMBER AND DENOMINATION OF STAMPS AFFIXED TO PACKAGES OF NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF NONSETTLING MANUFACTURERS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND PUBLICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A LIST OF NONSETTLING MANUFACTURERS THAT HAVE CERTIFIED THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT THE TRANSPORT OF UNSTAMPED CIGARETTES ACROSS STATE LINES; TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTS ON THE TRANSPORT OF STAMPED CIGARETTES ACROSS STATE LINES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE FEE IMPOSED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SPECIAL FUNDS IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO SPECIFY THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE MONIES IN SUCH SPECIAL FUNDS MAY BE USED; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Ways and MeansFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives