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HB 429                                                                                            
The Labor & Commerce Committee has considered:                                                      
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 429                                                                              
    "An Act relating to certain licenses for the sale of tobacco                                    
    products; relating to tobacco taxes and sales and cigarette tax                                 

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    stamps; relating to provisions making certain cigarettes                                        
    contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture; relating to certain                           
    crimes, penalties, and interest concerning tobacco taxes and sales;                             
    relating to notification regarding a cigarette manufacturer's                                   
    noncompliance with the tobacco product Master Settlement                                        
    Agreement or related statutory provisions and to confiscation of                                
    the affected cigarettes; and providing for an effective date."                                  
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 429(L&C)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to certain licenses for the sale, distribution, or                             
    manufacture of tobacco products; relating to tobacco taxes and                                  
    sales and cigarette tax stamps; relating to provisions making                                   
    certain cigarettes contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture;                            
    relating to certain crimes, penalties, and interest concerning                                  
    tobacco taxes and sales; relating to notification regarding a                                   
    cigarette manufacturer's noncompliance with the tobacco product                                 
    Master Settlement Agreement or related statutory provisions and                                 
    to confiscation of the affected cigarettes; and providing for an                                
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Murkowski, Chair, with the                                  
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (1):  Crawford                                                                              
                                                                                                    
Do not pass (2):  Meyer, Kott                                                                       
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (4):  Rokeberg, Hayes, Halcro, Murkowski                                          
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 429(L&C):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                        
                                                                                                    
HB 429 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.