House Bill 73

Representative Flaggs submitted legislation that would increase Mississippi's excise tax on cigarettes by 50cents.

Link: HB 73

The bill would earmark the revenue in the following: (a) One third (1/3) of the revenue collected shall be 71 deposited into the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 72 43-13-407. 73

(b) One third (1/3) of the revenue collected shall be 74 deposited into the special fund to the credit of the University of 75 Mississippi Medical Center that is created in Section 3 of this 76 act. 77

(c) One third (1/3) of the revenue collected shall be 78 deposited into the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund created in 79 Section 41-59-75.