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HB 538                                                                                            
The Labor & Commerce Committee has considered:                                                      
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 538                                                                              
    "An Act relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products;                                   
    relating to tax stamps on cigarettes; relating to forfeiture of                                 
    cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation,                             
    or sale of unstamped cigarettes; relating to licenses and licensees                             
    under the Cigarette Tax Act; and providing for an effective date."                              
                                                                                                    

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and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 538(L&C)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to                                
    tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property                           
    used in the manufacture, transportation, facilitation of                                        
    transportation, possession, offering for sale, or sale of unstamped                             
    cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the                            
    additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the                               
    Cigarette Tax Act; and providing for an effective date."                                        
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Anderson, Chair, with the                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (5):  Crawford, Gatto, Rokeberg, Guttenberg, Anderson                                       
                                                                                                    
Do not pass (1):  Lynn                                                                              
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 538(L&C):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                  
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                        
                                                                                                    
HB 538 was referred to the Finance Committee.