1997-04-23                     House Journal                      Page 1290
SB 13                                                                        
The Health, Education & Social Services Committee has considered:              
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 13(RLS)                                                
An Act relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products and               
to the use of the proceeds of those taxes, and increasing by at least          
35.5 mills the amount of excise tax levied on each cigarette                   
imported or acquired in the state; and providing for an effective              
date.                                                                          
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 13(HES)                                   
(same title)                                                                  
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Bunde, Chair, with the                 
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (4):  Green, Porter, Bunde, Kemplen                                    
                                                                               
Do not pass (1):  Vezey                                                        
                                                                               
No recommendation (1):  Dyson                                                  
                                                                               
The following fiscal note applies to HCS CSSB 13(HES):                         
                                                                               
Senate fiscal note, Dept. of Revenue, 4/7/97                                   
                                                                               
CSSB 13(RLS) was referred to the Finance Committee.                            
                                                                               
**The presence of Representative Therriault was noted.