HB 176 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0351
03/04
HOUSE BILL 176
AN ACT relative to the sale of cigar-related products.
SPONSORS: Rep. Beaudoin, Straf. 9; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24; Rep. Sapareto, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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This bill limits to businesses that generate less than $75,000 in annual revenue the requirement that a cigar bar generate at least 60 percent of its revenue from cigar-related sales.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0351
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the sale of cigar-related products.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cigar Bar Definition. Amend RSA 178:20-a, II(a) to read as follows:
(a) Generates 60 percent or more of its quarterly gross revenue from the sale of cigar-related products, which is limited to cigars, humidors, cigar cutters, cigar cases, lighters, and ashtrays. Mail order and Internet sales, as well as revenue generated from other tobacco sales in store, including cigarettes and loose tobacco sales, shall not be used to determine whether an establishment satisfies the definition of a cigar bar. The 60 percent cigar-related sales requirement shall only apply to a business that has gross annual revenues of less than $75,000.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 18, 2017 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 25, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
Feb. 9, 2017 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 9, 2017: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 201-93 02/09/2017 HJ 6 P. 11
Feb. 9, 2017: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/09/2017 (Vote 13-4; RC) HC 10 P. 9
Jan. 25, 2017: Executive Session: 01/25/2017 11:15 AM LOB 302
Jan. 25, 2017: Subcommittee Work Session: 01/25/2017 09:00 AM LOB 302
Jan. 18, 2017: Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 10:45 AM LOB 302
Jan. 4, 2017: Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 2 P. 19