By:  Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)                         H.B. No. 5  
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2006; 
April 27, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Finance; May 7, 2006, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 5; May 7, 2006, sent 
to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 5                                      By:  Ogden

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increases in the taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 154.021(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The tax rates are: (1) $70.50 [$20.50] 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. SECTION 2. Section 155.0211(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The tax rate for tobacco products other than cigars is 40 [35.213] percent of the manufacturer's list price, exclusive of any trade discount, special discount, or deal. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability for those taxes. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007.
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