Amend CSHB 5 by striking all of SECTION 1 and substituting the
following:
SECTION 1. (a) Effective January 1, 2007, Section
154.021(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The tax rates are:
(1) $58.00 ($70.50) per thousand on cigarettes
weighing three pounds or less per thousand; and
(2) the rate provided by Subdivision (1) plus $2.10
per thousand on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per
thousand.
(b) Effective September 1, 2007, Section 154.021(b), Tax
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The tax rates are:
(1) $70.50 per thousand on cigarettes weighing three
pounds or less per thousand; and
(2) the rate provided by Subdivision (1) plus $2.10
per thousand on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per
thousand.