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Marzian files bill to increase tobacco taxes

House Pre-filed Bill 210 (173% increase in cigarette taxes):

Introduced by Rep. Mary  Lou Marzian on November 21, 2005, to increase the 26-cent cigarette surtax to 71 cents and increase the tax rate on other tobacco products to 32% effective July 1, 2006. The bill would include snuff in the definition of "other tobacco products." The bill would establish a children's dental fund and allocate moneys collected from the other tobacco products tax to the Department for Public Health to provide dental and oral health care and services to children under 21 whose family income is below 250% of the federal poverty level, and provide funding for health care benefits and health insurance benefits for active and retired state employees and classified and certified public school personnel. The bill also would establish a Commonwealth fund to allocate moneys collected from the surtax to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the provision of health care services, mental health and substance abuse services, and smoking prevention and cessation. The bill also would allocate moneys to the School Facilities Construction Commission for building new school or additions or renovations to existing schools in certain school districts. The bill would allocate moneys to fund veteran's nursing homes, to the Council on Postsecondary Education for the purpose of tuition assistance, to the Kentucky diabetes research trust fund, and to the General Fund.

Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=42134

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