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FL S1550

Bill

Status

Failed

5/2/2014

Primary Sponsor

Regulated Industries

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes tribal business entities to purchase stamped and untaxed cigarettes from agents and wholesale dealers, with agents and dealers able to file refund claims for taxes paid on those cigarettes.

  • Establishes a cap on annual tax-exempt cigarette purchases by tribal business entities calculated as the number of tribe members multiplied by five packs of cigarettes times 365 days.

  • Permits authorized tribal smoke shops located on Indian reservations to sell tax-exempt cigarettes to both tribal members and the general public, with required surveillance cameras and driver license recording for drive-through shops.

  • Requires tribal business entities to deposit all revenues from tax-exempt cigarette sales into a dedicated fund for tribal health care, including establishment of a Tribal Comprehensive Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program.

  • Adds two members of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida to the Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program Council and establishes a misdemeanor penalty for purchasing or possessing more than three cartons of tax-exempt cigarettes within a 7-day period.

Legislative Description

Tax-exempt Cigarettes

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax

5/2/2014

Committee Referrals

Finance and Tax Appropriations Subcommittee4/21/2014
Regulated Industries3/5/2014

Full Bill Text

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