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MS SB2806

Bill

Status

Failed

2/2/2010

Primary Sponsor

Videt Carmichael

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Revises the definition of "tobacco settlement agreement" to refer specifically to the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement filed December 29, 1997, in Jackson County Chancery Court in Mississippi tobacco litigation.

  • Removes the fee imposed on cigarettes sold, purchased, or distributed in Mississippi for sale outside the state.

  • Allows distributors a 90-day grace period from the date a nonsettling manufacturer is removed from the Attorney General's directory to continue stamping and selling previously purchased cigarettes from that manufacturer.

  • Maintains the fee on nonsettling-manufacturer cigarettes sold or distributed within Mississippi that require tax stamps under the Tobacco Tax Law.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2010.

Legislative Description

Nonsettling cigarette manufacturer fee; do not impose on cigarettes distributed in this state for sale outside this state.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/2/2010

Full Bill Text

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