HB 11 (2009) -  Cigarette User Fees

by Waldman (CO-SPONSORS) Brisé; Bullard; Fitzgerald; Heller; Homan; Jenne; Kiar; Kriseman; Long; Nehr; Pafford; Rader; Rehwinkel Vasilinda; Robaina; Roberson, Y.; Rouson; Sachs; Schwartz; Skidmore; Soto; Steinberg; Taylor, P.; Thompson; Thurston; Williams, A.
Replaces all references to cigarette tax in ch. 210 with cigarette user fee; increases amount of cigarette user fee; requires Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco to monthly certify to CFO amount of net collections derived from cigarette user fee; requires division to credit specific percent of total base allocation to specified trust funds, entities, & medical programs; requires amounts credited or transferred from Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund to be adjusted in proportion to corresponding reference year allocation; provides formula for calculating maximum total supplemental allocation; specifies requirements for use of funds for cancer facilities & research conducted on tobacco-related illnesses; increases amount of funds allocated to Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease; extends specified expiration dates; specifies requirements to expand cancer research & treatment; requires program grants for recruitment of cancer researchers & research teams to institutions, operational start-up grants for newly recruited researchers & research teams, & fixed capital outlay expenditures; extends specified expiration dates; requires DOH to report to Governor & Legislature estimate of financial impact of tobacco use & related illnesses on economy & taxpayers.
Effective Date: July 1, 2009
Last Event: Died in Finance & Tax Council on Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 AM

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Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Finance & Tax Council Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Family Services Policy Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Health & Family Services Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2009 - 10:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 11/19/2008 - 8:07 AM Member: Waldman Committee: Version: __