l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 810

Cigarettes; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers of and use for health care purposes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 25, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO IMPOSE A TAX ON NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES; 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 TAX ON NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES IMPOSED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL FUND THAT IS CREATED IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE USED FOR HEALTH CARE PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

January 19 to February 25, 2009, 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 RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 25 · stopped37 days

Ways and MeansJan 19 to Feb 25 · stopped37 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 Jan 19 – Feb 25

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 25Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 25Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives