HB9 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

Currently, the State of Alabama levies a tax on various tobacco products. This bill would increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, adjust the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases and require wholesalers and retailers of consumable vapor products to purchase an annual privilege license

Currently, there is no tobacco tax on vapor products containing nicotine. This bill would add a new section to Chapter 25, Title 40, to levy a tax on vapor products containing nicotine and provide for definitions in the new section. This bill also provides for the distribution of the proceeds from the tax increase on tobacco products and the tax levied on vapor products containing nicotine

To amend Sections 40-12-72, 40-12-73, 40-25-2, 40-25-2.1, 40-25-5, 40-25-23, 40-25-40, and 40-25-41, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to increase the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to adjust the discount allowed on tobacco stamp purchases; to add a new section to Chapter 25, Title 40 to require wholesalers and retailers of consumable vapor products to purchase an annual privilege license; to levy a tax on consumable vapor products; to add a new chapter 37 to Title 8; and to provide for the distribution of the proceeds from the tax on consumable vapor products and the increase in tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.