Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1159-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2369
\t03/05
HOUSE BILL\t1159-FN
AN ACT\trelative to sale of tobacco products.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Hunt, Ches. 11
COMMITTEE:\tCommerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill modifies the definition of "tobacco products" applicable to retail licensing provisions.
\tThis bill was requested by the liquor commission.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2369
\t03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to sale of tobacco products.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Definitions; Tobacco Products. Amend RSA 175:1, LXIV-d to read as follows:
\t\tLXIV-d. "Tobacco products'' means any product containing tobacco including, but not limited to, cigarettes, [loose] smoking tobacco, [and] cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and smokeless cigarettes.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1159-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to sale of tobacco products.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The New Hampshire Liquor Commission states this bill, as introduced, will increase state revenue and expenditures by indeterminable amounts in FY 2017 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county or local revenue and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Commission states this bill would amend RSA 175:1, LXIV-d, the definition of Tobacco Products, to require sellers of cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, pipe tobacco and smokeless cigarettes to be licensed as tobacco retailers. The Commission indicates cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff and pipe tobacco are already considered tobacco products for the purpose of licensing tobacco retailers. The Commission states there would be an increase in license fee revenue and operating expenditures, but since the number of retailers selling smokeless or e-cigarettes is not known, the increase in revenue and expenditures cannot be determined.
The Department of Revenue Administration states this bill will have no fiscal impact on the Department’s budget or on tobacco tax revenue.