House Amendment 1090


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 555 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, line 11, by striking the words <and
     1  3 section> and inserting the following:  <section>.
     1  4 #2.  Page 1, line 11, by striking the word <, and>
     1  5 and inserting the following:  <; and section 453A.43,
     1  6 subsections 3 and 4, and>.
     1  7 #3.  Page 2, line 30, by striking the word <and>.
     1  8 #4.  Page 2, line 31, by striking the word <,
     1  9 which> and inserting the following:  <; and section
     1 10 453A.43, subsections 3 and 4, which>.
     1 11 #5.  Page 3, by inserting after line 17 the
     1 12 following:
     1 13    <Sec.    .  Section 453A.42, Code 2007, is amended
     1 14 by adding the following new subsection:
     1 15    NEW SUBSECTION.  11A.  "Snuff" means any finely
     1 16 cut, ground, or powdered tobacco that is not intended
     1 17 to be smoked.
     1 18    Sec.    .  Section 453A.42, subsection 14, Code
     1 19 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 20    14.  "Tobacco products" means cigars; little cigars
     1 21 as defined herein; cheroots; stogies; periques;
     1 22 granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and
     1 23 other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish;
     1 24 plug and twist tobacco; fine=cut and other chewing
     1 25 tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings
     1 26 and sweepings of tobacco, and other kinds and forms of
     1 27 tobacco, prepared in such manner as to be suitable for
     1 28 chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for
     1 29 chewing and smoking; but shall not include cigarettes
     1 30 as defined in section 453A.1, subsection 3.>
     1 31 #6.  Page 3, by striking lines 18 and 19, and
     1 32 inserting the following:
     1 33    <Sec.    .  Section 453A.43, Code 2007, is amended
     1 34 to read as follows:
     1 35    453A.43  TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS.>
     1 36 #7.  Page 3, line 24, by inserting after the word
     1 37 <cigars> the following:  <and snuff>.
     1 38 #8.  Page 3, line 30, by inserting after the word
     1 39 <cigars> the following:  <and snuff>.
     1 40 #9.  Page 3, line 34, by inserting after the word
     1 41 "chapter." the following:  <Snuff shall be subject to
     1 42 the tax as provided in subsections 3 and 4.>
     1 43 #10.  Page 4, line 1, by inserting after the word
     1 44 <cigars> the following:  <and snuff>.
     1 45 #11.  Page 4, line 4, by striking the word
     1 46 <without> and inserting the following:  <without
     1 47 outside>.
     1 48 #12.  Page 4, line 23, by striking the figure <25>
     1 49 and inserting the following:  <25 twenty=five>.
     1 50 #13.  Page 4, by striking line 24 and inserting the
     2  1 following:
     2  2    <b.  Less than 10 oz. snuff or snuff powder.>
     2  3 #14.  Page 4, by striking line 25, and inserting
     2  4 the following:
     2  5    <c.  (2)  Less than 1 lb. one pound smoking or
     2  6 chewing tobacco or>.
     2  7 #15.  Page 4, by inserting after line 27, the
     2  8 following:
     2  9    <3.  A tax is imposed upon all snuff in this state
     2 10 and upon any person engaged in business as a
     2 11 distributor of snuff at the rate of one dollar and
     2 12 thirteen cents per ounce, with a proportionate tax at
     2 13 the same rate on all fractional parts of an ounce of
     2 14 snuff.  The tax shall be computed based on the net
     2 15 weight listed by the manufacturer.  The tax on snuff
     2 16 shall be imposed at the time the distributor does any
     2 17 of the following:
     2 18    a.  Brings or causes to be brought into this state
     2 19 from outside the state, snuff for sale.
     2 20    b.  Makes, manufactures, or fabricates snuff in
     2 21 this state for sale in this state.
     2 22    c.  Ships or transports snuff to retailers in this
     2 23 state, to be sold by those retailers.
     2 24    4.  A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by
     2 25 consumers of snuff in this state, and upon the
     2 26 consumers, at the rate of one dollar and thirteen
     2 27 cents per ounce with a proportionate tax at the same
     2 28 rate on all fractional parts of an ounce of snuff.
     2 29 The tax shall be computed based on the net weight as
     2 30 listed by the manufacturer.
     2 31    The tax imposed by this subsection shall not apply
     2 32 if the tax imposed by subsection 3 on snuff has been
     2 33 paid.
     2 34    The tax shall not apply to the use or storage of
     2 35 snuff in quantities of less than ten ounces.>
     2 36 #16.  Page 4, by striking lines 28 through 31 and
     2 37 inserting the following:
     2 38    <3.  5.  Any tobacco product with respect to which
     2 39 a tax has once been imposed under this division shall
     2 40 not again be subject to tax under said this division,
     2 41 except as provided in section 453A.40.
     2 42    4.  6.  The tax imposed by this section shall not
     2 43 apply with respect to any tobacco product which under
     2 44 the Constitution and laws of the United States may not
     2 45 be made the subject of taxation by this state.
     2 46    5.  7.  The tax imposed by this section shall be in
     2 47 addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes or
     2 48 license fees now or hereafter imposed by any city or
     2 49 county.
     2 50    6.  8.  All excise taxes collected under this
     3  1 chapter by a distributor or any individual are deemed
     3  2 to be held in trust for the state of Iowa.>
     3  3 #17.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     3  7 VAN FOSSEN of Scott
     3  8 HF 555.706 82
     3  9 pf/gg/7325

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