SUBJECT: TOBACCO, Increase User Fees, Alter Earmarks
BILL NUMBER: HB 982 HD 1
INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Finance
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Increases and stabilizes the amount of funding for the tobacco enforcement special fund within the Department of the Attorney General by: (1) increasing the amount of funds that the tobacco enforcement special fund can carry over at the end of the fiscal year; (2) increasing the cigarette tax stamp fee and by concurrently increasing the percentage of the cigarette tax stamp fee deposited to the tobacco enforcement special fund; and (3) amending the amount of funds to be deposited in the tobacco enforcement special fund from the Hawaiʻi tobacco settlement special fund. Continue reading HB 982 HD 1