HB1159: relative to sale of tobacco products.

HB 1159-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2369

03/05

HOUSE BILL 1159-FN

AN ACT relative to sale of tobacco products.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the definition of "tobacco products" applicable to retail licensing provisions.

This bill was requested by the liquor commission.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2369

03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to sale of tobacco products.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Definitions; Tobacco Products. Amend RSA 175:1, LXIV-d to read as follows:

LXIV-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.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO 16-2369

11/3/15

1159-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative 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.