Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Cigarettes; enact Mississippi Cigarette Anti-Conduit Act.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/21 (H) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Ways and Means | |
| 2 | 02/05 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Three/Fifths |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Moody
Title: AN ACT TO ENACT THE "CIGARETTE ANTI-CONDUIT ACT" TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO SHIP TO ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE CIGARETTES BELONGING TO A BRAND FAMILY OF A MANUFACTURER WHO IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CERTAIN STATE AND TOBACCO PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS OR WHO IS NOT MAKING ESCROW PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; TO REQUIRE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE TAX COMMISSION TO ANNUALLY COMPILE A LIST OF ALL BRAND FAMILIES OF CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OR WHO ARE MAKING ESCROW PAYMENTS UNDER THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTS BY PARTICIPATING MANUFACTURERS; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO GIVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY IN RELATION TO THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE TAX COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH FEES TO BE PAID BY MANUFACTURERS SEEKING INCLUSION OF THEIR BRAND FAMILIES IN THE LIST REQUIRED BY THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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