West Virginia Legislature
2016 Regular Session
Introduced
House Bill 2953
2015 Carryover
(By Delegates Fast, A. Evans, Rowan, Hornbuckle, Pushkin and Fleischauer)
[Introduced January 13, 2016; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §11‑17‑3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §11‑17‑3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 17. TOBACCO PRODUCTS EXCISE TAX ACT.
§11‑17‑3. Levy of tax; ratio; dedication of proceeds.
(a) Tax on cigarettes. ‑‑ For the
purpose of providing revenue for the General Revenue Fund of the state, an
excise tax is hereby levied and imposed on sales of cigarettes at the rate of 554 $1 on each
twenty cigarettes or in like ratio on any part thereof. Only one sale of the
same article shall be used in computing the amount of tax due under this
subsection.
(b) Tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes. ‑B Effective January 1, 2002,
2016, an excise tax is hereby levied and imposed on the sale or use of,
other than cigarettes, tobacco products at a rate equal to seven thirty-nine
percent of the wholesale price of each article or item of tobacco product other
than cigarettes sold by the wholesaler or subjobber dealer, whether or not sold
at wholesale, or if not sold, then at the same rate upon the use by the
wholesaler or dealer. Only one sale of the same article shall be used in
computing the amount of tax due under this subsection. Revenues received from
this tax shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(c) Effective date. ‑B The changes set forth herein to this section and section four of this article shall become effective May 1, 2003.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the tax on tobacco and tobacco related products.
Strike‑throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.