BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2184 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 25, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2184 (Low) - As Amended April 6, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Revenue and Taxation |Vote:|9 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill requires the Board of Equalization (BOE) to submit a report every two years to the Legislature that evaluates the costs associated with applying stamps or meter impressions to cigarette packages. FISCAL EFFECT: AB 2184 Page 2 Minor and absorbable costs. COMMENTS: Background and purposes. Existing law imposes a tax, under the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law, on cigarette distributors at the rate of $0.87 per package of 20 cigarettes. The law requires the cigarette tax be paid through the use of stamps or meter impressions. Specifically, these stamps or meter impressions must be affixed to each package of cigarettes distributed. This bill would continue the requirement that BOE report to the Legislature on the costs associated with applying these stamps or meter impressions. 1)Analysis Prepared by:Luke Reidenbach / APPR. / (916) 319-2081