Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00274 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 274
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1527
Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Introduced by:
SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 274 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1527

Referred to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding 

Introduced by:

SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAXATION OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to reinstate the progressive ad valorem method of taxation on snuff smokeless tobacco and eliminate the current weight-based taxation.

Statement of Purpose: 

To reinstate the progressive ad valorem method of taxation on snuff smokeless tobacco and eliminate the current weight-based taxation.