Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Section 19-1808, entitled "Authorization of School District Nicotine Products Tax," and by amending Chapter 19-3700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Products Tax," by increasing the rates of the existing tax and by authorizing the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on the privilege of selling at retail electronic cigarettes and nicotine solutions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: October 16, 2014
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
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This bill authorizes a tax on electronic cigarettes and nicotine solutions sold at retail in Philadelphia to benefit the School District of Philadelphia.
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