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TO AMEND SECTION 12-21-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LICENSE TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS, SO AS TO REDUCE THE CIGARETTE TAX FROM SEVEN CENTS A PACK TO TWO CENTS A PACK AND TO DEDICATE ALL REVENUE OF THE LICENSE TAX ON CIGARETTES TO THE MEDICAID EXPANSION FUND.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-21-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 12-21-620. There shall be is levied, assessed, collected, and paid in respect to the articles containing tobacco enumerated in this section, a tax in the following amounts:
(1) upon all cigarettes made of tobacco or any a substitute for tobacco, three and one-half mills one mill on each cigarette;
(2) upon all tobacco products, as defined in Section 12-21-800, five percent of the manufacturer's price.
Manufacturer's price as used in this section is the established price at which a manufacturer sells to a wholesaler.
All revenues of the tax imposed pursuant to item (1) of this section must be credited to the Medicaid Expansion Fund established pursuant to Section 44-6-155 and used as revenues of that fund are used."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2003.
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