75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2672
 
LC 1879/HB 2672-9
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2672
 
                     By COMMITTEE ON REVENUE
 
                            April 14
 
  On page 2 of the printed bill, delete lines 24 and 25 and
insert:
  ' (9) 'Moist snuff' means:
  ' (a) Any finely cut, ground or powdered tobacco that is not
intended to be smoked or placed in a nasal cavity; or
  ' (b) Any other product containing tobacco that is intended or
expected to be consumed without being combusted.'.
  On page 3, line 13, delete 'The greater of 65 percent of
wholesale sales price or ___ cents' and insert 'One dollar and
seventy-eight cents'.
  In line 14, after 'snuff' insert ', except that the minimum tax
under this paragraph is $2.14 per retail container'.
  After line 16, insert:
  ' (3) For reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2019,
the rates of tax applicable to moist snuff under subsection
(2)(b) of this section shall be adjusted for each biennium
according to the cost-of-living adjustment for the calendar year.
The Department of Revenue shall recompute the rates for each
biennium by adding to the rates in subsection (2)(b) of this
section the product obtained by multiplying the rates in
subsection (2)(b) of this section by a factor that is equal to
0.25 multiplied by the percentage (if any) by which the monthly
averaged U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for the 12
consecutive months ending August 31 of the prior calendar year
exceeds the monthly averaged U.S. City Average Consumer Price
Index for the 12 consecutive months ending August 31, 2017.'.
  In line 17, delete '(3)' and insert '(4)'.
  In line 21, delete '(4)' and insert '(5)'.
  On page 7, delete line 34.
  In line 40, delete the period and insert '; or
  ' (d) Distribute, in this state, free samples of smokeless
tobacco products:
  ' (A) To persons under 21 years of age; or
  ' (B) In any area, unless access by persons under 21 years of
age to that area is prohibited.'.
  On page 11, delete lines 16 through 18 and insert:
  ' (a) Comply with the requirements imposed on Participating
Manufacturers that are set forth in sections III, V and VII of
the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; or'.
  In line 20, delete '$___ ' and insert '$0.40'.
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