Delaware General Assembly

Signed 6/30/07

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/26/07

Keeley

Reps. Cathcart, Gilligan, Oberle, Spence
Sen. Adams, Blevins, Cook, Copeland, DeLuca, Sorenson

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30, CHAPTER 53 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LEVY, COLLECTION AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCT TAX REVENUE.

This Act increases the tax on cigarettes from 55 cents to $1.15 per 20-cigarette pack. Section 1 increases the cigarette tax rate. Section 2 makes the cigarette tax effective for possession within the state after midnight July 31, 2007. It also imposes a “floor tax” on inventories of cigarettes and requires that the difference between the new tax and the old tax be paid on stamps purchased on or before midnight July 31, 2007, but not affixed to any cigarettes as of the effective date of this Act

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