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SF0083 • 2012
AN ACT relating to regulation and taxation of tobacco; providing that provisions relating to tobacco settlement funds, reduced cigarette ignition propensity cigarettes and cigarette taxes apply to cigarettes produced by a machine as specified; amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.
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Assigned Chapter Number
Governor Signed SEA0036
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0036
S President Signed SEA No. 0036
Assigned Number SEA0036
H Passed 3rd Reading
H Passed 2nd Reading
H Passed CoW
H Placed on General File
H07 Recommended Do Pass
H Introduced and Referred to H07
H Received for Introduction
S Passed 3rd Reading
S Passed 2nd Reading
S Passed CoW
S Placed on General File
S03 Recommended Do Pass
S Introduced and Referred to S03
S Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
SF0083 Bill No.: SF0083 Drafter: JWL LSO No.: 12LSO-0252 Effective Date: July 1, 2012 Enrolled Act No.: SEA0036 Chapter No.: CH0065 Prime Sponsor: Senator Coe Catch Title: Cigarette manufacturing. Subject: Clarifies definition of cigarette and cigarette manufacturing Summary/Major Elements: Cigarette manufacturers are required under state law to file annual reports for purposes of the tobacco settlement fund, to use low ignition propensity cigarette paper and to be licensed by the Department of Revenue and comply with taxation provisions. This act clarifies that for all of the above purposes, a wholesaler or retailer who maintains at a retail or wholesale establishment a machine which enables a customer to process tobacco products into a roll or tube is a "tobacco manufacturer" and the resulting product is a "cigarette."
WORKING DRAFT ORIGINAL SENATE FILE NO. 0083 ENROLLED ACT NO. 36, SENATE SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2012 BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to regulation and taxation of tobacco; providing that provisions relating to tobacco settlement funds, reduced cigarette ignition propensity cigarettes and cigarette taxes apply to cigarettes produced by a machine as specified; amending definitions; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 9 ‑ 4 ‑ 1211 is created to read: 9 ‑ 4 ‑ 1211 . Cigarette rolling machines. Any person who maintains at a retail establishment a machine which enables a person to process tobacco, or any product made or derived from tobacco, into a roll or tube shall be deemed a tobacco product manufacturer and the resulting product shall be deemed a cigarette for purposes of this article. Section 2. W.S. 35 ‑ 9 ‑ 802(a)(ii)(A) and 39 ‑ 18 ‑ 101(a)(vii) are amended to read: 35 ‑ 9 ‑ 802. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this act unless the context otherwise requires: (ii) "Cigarette" means: (A) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco . "Cigarette" includes any roll or tube of tobacco, or product derived from tobacco, that is produced by a machine on the premises of a retail dealer or a wholesale dealer ; or 39 ‑ 18 ‑ 101. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (vii) "Cigarette manufacturer" means any person who manufactures, fabricates, assembles, processes or labels a finished cigarette for sale in this state . "Cigarette manufacturer" includes any person who maintains at a retail or wholesale establishment a machine which enables a person to process into a roll or tube , tobacco or any product made or derived from tobacco ; Section 3 . This act is effective July 1, 2012. (END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED: _________ DATE APPROVED: _________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate. Chief Clerk 1