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OK HB2505
Bill
Status
2/1/2016
Primary Sponsor
Doug Cox
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AI Summary
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Imposes an additional $1.50 per pack tax on cigarettes effective January 1, 2017, to be submitted to voters as a legislative referendum on November 8, 2016
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Allocates 66% of the new tax revenue to the newly created Common Education Classroom Teacher Performance Stipend Revolving Fund for teacher performance stipends
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Allocates 34% of the new tax revenue to the Health Employee and Economy Improvement Act (HEEIA) Revolving Fund to provide health care insurance to eligible persons
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Excludes the new tax revenue from calculations for existing state building bond sinking funds from 1961, 1965, 1968, and 1992
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Applies the same apportionment formula to payments made in lieu of excise taxes pursuant to compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes or nations
Legislative Description
Legislative referendum; cigarette excise tax; ballot title; filing.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Rules
2/2/2016