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AL HB712
Bill
Status
4/19/2012
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Hubbard
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AI Summary
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Add a $1 user fee (50 mills) on each pack of cigarettes to the existing state tobacco tax under Section 40-25-2 of the Alabama Code.
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All revenue from the new 50 mill user fee on cigarettes must be deposited into the State General Fund and allocated to the Medicaid Program.
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Wholesalers, distributors, and retailers must collect the user fee from purchasers and add it to the sales price, with tax stamps affixed to cigarette packages as required.
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The bill becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
The Medicaid Paygo Act, Cigarettes, user fee added, distrib., Sec. 40-25-2 am'd.
Cigarettes
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
4/19/2012