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HI HB2400
Bill
Status
1/27/2016
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Souki
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AI Summary
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Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 245-16(b) to change the minimum age requirement referenced on cigarette shipping container labels from eighteen to twenty-one years old.
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Requires the shipping label notice to state: "CIGARETTES: HAWAII LAW PROHIBITS THE SALE OF CIGARETTES TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE AND REQUIRES THE PAYMENT OF ALL APPLICABLE TAXES. YOU ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL APPLICABLE UNPAID TAXES ON THESE CIGARETTES."
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Maintains existing exemptions for cigarettes exempt from taxes, those with taxes paid, and those complying with federal Jenkins Act requirements.
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Notice must remain externally visible and easily legible on the same side of the shipping container as the delivery address.
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Takes effect upon approval.
Legislative Description
Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax; Legal Notice on Cigarette Shipping Containers
Last Action
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakashima, Thielen, Tokioka excused (3).
2/19/2016