FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 6483

                           C 18 L 98

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Authorizing the transfer of enforcement of cigarette and tobacco taxes to the liquor control board.

Sponsors:  Senator West.

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

House Committee on Commerce & Labor

Background:  ESHB 2272 (Chapter 420, Laws of 1997) transferred the enforcement authority for cigarette and tobacco taxes to the Liquor Control Board.  The Governor vetoed the authority to negotiate compacts with Indian tribes and a required schedule of collections.  In vetoing the schedule, the Governor was required to veto the entire section.  That section also required the board to enforce the cigarette and tobacco tax laws and expanded the duties of liquor enforcement officers to include the enforcement of the cigarette and tobacco tax laws.

Summary:  The Liquor Control Board must enforce the cigarette and tobacco tax laws, and the duties of liquor enforcement officers are expanded to include the enforcement of the cigarette and tobacco tax laws.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 47 0

House     93 2

Effective:  June 11, 1998