SB 1001 : Tobacco Tax; Licensing; Penalties
Passed Legislature! Waiting Transmittal to Governor
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to restrictions on shipping or transporting cigarettes; relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation, facilitation of transportation, possession, offering for sale, or sale of unstamped cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the Cigarette Tax Act; relating to unfair cigarette sales; relating to supersedeas bonds in certain tobacco-related litigation; relating to the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement; and providing for an effective date.

Version: HCS SB 1001 (FIN) Am H (CT RULE FLD)
Contact: Johanna Bales, 269-6620
Action: 06-24-04: Waiting Transmittal to Governor

SB 1001 increases the cigarette tax from the current rate of $1 per pack of 20 to $1.60 per pack on January 1, 2005, $1.80 per pack on July 1, 2006 and $2.00 per pack on July 1, 2007. This bill also imposes an additional tax of $.25 per pack on cigarette brands manufactured by companies that did not sign the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. These increases are expected to generate an additional $33.8 million in tobacco tax revenues by Fiscal Year 2008. This bill directs the legislature to place 8.9% of annual cigarette tax revenues (approximately $4 million by FY 2008) in the tobacco use education and cessation fund to support programs aimed at reducing cigarette consumption. This bill also includes provisions to allow the state to seize property used in the sale or transport of cigarettes in the state in violation of the cigarette tax act.

SB 1002 : Insurance & Workers' Compensation Systems
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for a special deposit for workers' compensation insurers; relating to assigned risk pools and workers' compensation insurers; relating to the board of governors of the Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association; stating the intent of the legislature, and setting out limitations, concerning the interpretation, construction, and implementation of workers' compensation laws; relating to restructuring the Alaska workers' compensation system; eliminating the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; establishing a division of workers' compensation within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and assigning certain Alaska Workers' Compensation Board functions to the division and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing a Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; assigning certain functions of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission and the office of administrative hearings; relating to agreements that discharge workers' compensation liability; providing for administrative law judges in workers' compensation proceedings; relating to workers' compensation awards; relating to an employer's failure to insure and keep insured or provide security; providing for appeals from compensation orders; relating to workers' compensation proceedings; providing for supreme court jurisdiction of appeals from the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; providing for a maximum amount for the cost-of-living adjustment for workers' compensation benefits; providing for administrative penalties for employers uninsured or without adequate security for workers' compensation; relating to fraudulent acts or false or misleading statements in worker's compensation; and providing for an effective date.

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Action: 06/23/04: (S)JUD » (S)FIN

SB 1003 : Distributions Of Approps From Perm Fund
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the income of and appropriations from the Alaska permanent fund under art. IX, sec. 15(b), Constitution of the State of Alaska, and making conforming amendments; relating to permanent fund dividend payments of at least $1,000; relating to the determination of net income of the mental health trust fund; and providing for an effective date.

SB 1004 : G.O. Bonds For University Projects
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for and relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of design, construction, and major maintenance of facilities at the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.

SB 1005 : G.O. Bonds For Surface Trans. Projects
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for and relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of state surface transportation projects; and providing for an effective date.

HB 1001 : Tobacco Tax; Licensing; Penalties
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation, possession, or sale of unstamped cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the Cigarette Tax Act; relating to unfair cigarette sales; and providing for an effective date.

HB 1002 : Insurance & Workers' Compensation System
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for a special deposit for workers' compensation insurers; relating to assigned risk pools and workers' compensation insurers; relating to the board of governors of the Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association; stating the intent of the legislature, and setting out limitations, concerning the interpretation, construction, and implementation of workers' compensation laws; relating to restructuring the Alaska workers' compensation system; eliminating the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; establishing a division of workers' compensation within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and assigning certain Alaska Workers' Compensation Board functions to the division and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; establishing a Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; assigning certain functions of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission and the office of administrative hearings; relating to agreements that discharge workers' compensation liability; providing for administrative law judges in workers' compensation proceedings; relating to workers' compensation awards; relating to an employer's failure to insure and keep insured or provide security; providing for appeals from compensation orders; relating to workers' compensation proceedings; providing for supreme court jurisdiction of appeals from the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; providing for a maximum amount for the cost-of-living adjustment for workers' compensation benefits; providing for administrative penalties for employers uninsured or without adequate security for workers' compensation; relating to fraudulent acts or false or misleading statements in worker's compensation; and providing for an effective date.

HB 1003 : Distributions Of Approps From Perm Fund
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the income of and appropriations from the Alaska permanent fund under art. IX, sec. 15(b), Constitution of the State of Alaska, and making conforming amendments; relating to permanent fund dividend payments of at least $1,000; relating to the determination of net income of the mental health trust fund; and providing for an effective date.

HB 1004 : G.O. Bonds For University Projects
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for and relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of design, construction, and major maintenance of facilities at the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.

HB 1005 : G.O. Bonds For Surface Trans. Projects
Sponsored by the Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing for and relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of state surface transportation projects; and providing for an effective date.