Amendment #742 to H4100

To generate revenue for MBTA by reducing the minimum price of cigarettes

Mr. Winslow of Norfolk moves to amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following:-

“SECTION XX.  Section 6 of chapter 64C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in lines 3 and 11, respectively, the figure ‘100 ½’ and inserting in place thereof the following:- 125 ½

SECTION XX.  Section 13 of chapter 64C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 54, the words ‘twenty-five’ and inserting in place thereof the following:- twelve and one half”.

SECTION XX. Section 6 of chapter 64C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is amended by adding at the end thereof:-

All cigarette excise revenues in excess of the amount received in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, shall be credited to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund for the purpose of subsidizing the cost of fares for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.