Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn R-Saginaw on February 7, 2012
To authorize “digital” tobacco tax stamps, which are the means by which the state detects whether tax has been paid on “bootleg” cigarettes. The bill also clarifies that a person who uses an automated, “commercial grade” cigarette rolling machine is considered a “manufacturer” subject to state taxes, unless the cigarettes are produced in an individual’s dwelling for his or her own consumption. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on February 7, 2012
Reported in the Senate on February 9, 2012
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 22, 2012
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 22, 2012