71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 930
 
                         House Bill 2244
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Department of Human Services)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Extends indefinitely cigarette tax to fund Oregon Health Plan.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to cigarette tax; amending section 3, chapter 385,
  Oregon Laws 1995; and providing for revenue raising that
  requires approval by a three-fifths majority.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 3, chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1995, as amended
by section 1, chapter 589, Oregon Laws 1997, and section 10,
chapter 1077, Oregon Laws 1999, is amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 3. + } (1) Notwithstanding ORS 323.030 (2) and in
addition to and not in lieu of any other tax, every distributor,
as defined in ORS 323.015, shall pay a tax upon distributions of
cigarettes at the rate of five mills for the distribution of each
cigarette in this state   { - occurring prior to January 1,
2002 - } .
  (2) Any cigarette with respect to which a tax has once been
imposed under ORS 323.005 to 323.455 and 323.990 and this section
shall not be subject upon a subsequent distribution to the taxes
imposed by ORS 323.005 to 323.455 and 323.990 and this section.
  (3) The moneys received under this section shall be paid over
and credited to the General Fund and shall be used exclusively to
fund the Oregon Health Plan as described under ORS 414.019.
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