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IN SB0180
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends the definition of "cigarette" in Indiana Code to include products commonly known as brown cigarettes or little cigars for purposes of cigarette taxation and minimum pricing laws.
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Expands definition to cover any roll for smoking wrapped in a substance containing tobacco, weighing not more than 4.5 pounds per 1,000 units, that is likely to be marketed or purchased as a cigarette based on appearance, tobacco type, packaging, pricing, marketing, or labeling.
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Excludes rolls wrapped entirely in whole tobacco leaf that do not have a cellulose acetate or other cigarette-like filter from the cigarette definition.
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Applies changes to both IC 6-7-1-2 (cigarette tax statute) and IC 24-3-2-2 (cigarette minimum pricing statute).
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Becomes effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Taxation of brown cigarettes. Amends the definition of "cigarettes" for purposes of the cigarette tax and cigarette minimum pricing to include tobacco products commonly known as brown cigarettes or little cigars.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce & Technology
1/6/2016