HOUSE BILL NO. 4188

February 14, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hood, Cynthia Johnson, Hope, Kuppa, Garrett, Neeley, Hammoud, Cherry, LaGrand, Wittenberg and Hoadley and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

"Tobacco products tax act,"

by amending sections 2, 7, 11, and 12 (MCL 205.422, 205.427, 205.431, and 205.432), section 2 as amended by 2012 PA 188, sections 7 and 11 as amended by 2016 PA 86, and section 12 as amended by 2018 PA 639; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) "Cigarette" means a roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and irrespective of the tobacco being flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, which roll has a wrapper or cover made of paper or any other material. Cigarette does not include cigars.

(b) "Cigarette making machine" means any machine or other mechanical device which meets all of the following criteria:

(i) Is capable of being loaded with loose tobacco, cigarette tubes or cigarette papers, and any other components related to the production of cigarettes, including, but not limited to, cigarette filters.

(ii) Is designed to automatically or mechanically produce, roll, fill, dispense, or otherwise generate cigarettes.

(iii) Is commercial-grade or otherwise designed or suitable for commercial use.

(iv) Is designed to be powered or otherwise operated by a main or primary power source other than human power.

(d) "Counterfeit cigarette" means a cigarette in an individual package of cigarettes or other container with a false manufacturing label or a cigarette in an individual package of cigarettes or other container with a counterfeit stamp.

(e) "Counterfeit cigarette paper" means a cigarette paper with a false manufacturing label or that has not been printed, manufactured, or made by authority of the trademark owner.

(f) "Counterfeit stamp" means any stamp, label, or print, indicium, or character, that evidences, or purports to evidence, the payment of any tax levied under this act and that has not been printed, manufactured, or made by authority of the department as provided in this act and has not been issued, sold, or circulated by the department.

(g) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(h) "Electronic smoking device" means any device that can be used to deliver aerosolized or vaporized nicotine to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or e-hookah. Electronic smoking device included any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately, and includes any substance intended to be aerosolized or vaporized during the use of the device. Electronic smoking device does not include any battery or battery charger when sold separately. In addition, electronic smoking device does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale as tobacco cessation products by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined under subchapter V of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, 21 USC 351 to 360fff-7.

(i) (h) "Financially sound" means a determination by the department that the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer is able to pay for its stamps in the ordinary course of business based on criteria including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) Past filing and payment history with the department.

(ii) Outstanding liabilities.

(iii) Review of current financial statements including, but not limited to, balance sheets and income statements.

(iv) Duration that the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer has been licensed under this act.

(j) (i) "Gray market cigarette" means any cigarette the package of which bears any statement, label, stamp, sticker, or notice indicating that the manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes to be sold, distributed, or used in the United States, including, but not limited to, a label stating "For Export Only", "U.S. Tax Exempt", "For Use Outside U.S.", or similar wording.

(k) (j) "Gray market cigarette paper" means any cigarette paper the package of which bears any statement, label, stamp, sticker, or notice indicating that the manufacturer did not intend the cigarette papers to be sold, distributed, or used in the United States, including, but not limited to, a label stating "For Export Only", "U.S. Tax Exempt", "For Use Outside U.S.", "For Use in ______________ (another country) Only", or similar wording.

(l) (k) "Individual package" means an individual packet or pack used to contain or to convey cigarettes to the consumer. Individual package does not include cartons, cases, or shipping or storage containers that contain smaller packaging units of cigarettes.

(m) (l) "Licensee" means a person licensed under this act.

(n) (m) "Manufacturer" means any of the following:

(i) A person who manufactures or produces a tobacco product.

(ii) A person who operates or who permits any other person to operate a cigarette making machine in this state for the purpose of producing, filling, rolling, dispensing, or otherwise generating cigarettes. A person who is a manufacturer under this subparagraph shall constitute a nonparticipating manufacturer for purposes of sections 6c and 6d. A person who operates or otherwise uses a machine or other mechanical device, other than a cigarette making machine, to produce, roll, fill, dispense, or otherwise generate cigarettes shall not be considered a manufacturer as long as the cigarettes are produced or otherwise generated in that person's dwelling and for that person's self-consumption. For purposes of this act, "self-consumption" means production for personal consumption or use and not for sale, resale, or any other profit-making endeavor.

(o) (n) "Noncigarette smoking tobacco" means tobacco sold in loose or bulk form that is intended for consumption by smoking and includes pipe tobacco and roll-your-own cigarette tobacco.

(p) (o) "Person" means an individual, partnership, fiduciary, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity.

(q) (p) "Place of business" means a place where a tobacco product is sold or where a tobacco product is brought or kept for the purpose of sale or consumption, including a vessel, airplane, train, or vending machine.

(r) (q) "Retailer" means a person other than a transportation company who operates a place of business for the purpose of making sales of a tobacco product at retail.

(s) (r) "Sale" means a transaction by which the ownership of tangible personal property is transferred for consideration and applies also to use, gifts, exchanges, barter, and theft.

(t) (s) "Secondary wholesaler" means a person who sells a tobacco product for resale, who purchases a tobacco product from a wholesaler or unclassified acquirer licensed under this act, and who maintains an established place of business in this state where a substantial portion of the business is the sale of tobacco products and related merchandise at wholesale, and where at all times a substantial stock of tobacco products and related merchandise is available to retailers for resale.

(u) (t) "Smokeless tobacco" means snuff, snus, chewing tobacco, and any other tobacco that is intended to be consumed, whether heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested, by any means other than smoking. Beginning October 1, 2019, smokeless tobacco includes electronic smoking devices.

(v) (u) "Stamp" means a distinctive character, indication, or mark, as determined by the department, attached or affixed to an individual package of cigarettes by mechanical device or other means authorized by the department to indicate that the tax imposed under this act has been paid.

(w) (v) "Stamping agent" means a wholesaler or unclassified acquirer other than a manufacturer who is licensed and authorized by the department to affix stamps to individual packages of cigarettes on behalf of themselves and other wholesalers or unclassified acquirers other than manufacturers.

(x) (w) "Tobacco product" means cigarettes, cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco.

(y) (x) "Transportation company" means a person operating, or supplying to common carriers, cars, boats, or other vehicles for the transportation or accommodation of passengers and engaged in the sale of a tobacco product at retail.

(z) (y) "Transporter" means a person importing or transporting into this state, or transporting in this state, a tobacco product obtained from a source located outside this state, or from any person not duly licensed under this act. Transporter does not include an interstate commerce carrier licensed by the interstate commerce commission to carry commodities in interstate commerce, or a licensee maintaining a warehouse or place of business outside of this state if the warehouse or place of business is licensed under this act.

(aa) (z) "Unclassified acquirer" means a person, except a transportation company or a purchaser at retail from a retailer licensed under the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78, who imports or acquires a tobacco product from a source other than a wholesaler or secondary wholesaler licensed under this act for use, sale, or distribution. Unclassified acquirer also means a person who receives cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco directly from a manufacturer licensed under this act or from another source outside this state, which source is not licensed under this act. An unclassified acquirer does not include a wholesaler.

(bb) (aa) "Vending machine operator" means a person who operates 1 or more vending machines for the sale of a tobacco product and who purchases a tobacco product from a manufacturer, licensed wholesaler, or secondary wholesaler.

(cc) (bb) "Wholesale price" means the actual price paid for a tobacco product, including any tax, by a wholesaler or unclassified acquirer to a manufacturer, excluding any discounts or reductions.

(dd) (cc) "Wholesaler" means a person who purchases all or part of his or her tobacco products from a manufacturer, who sells 75% or more of those tobacco products to others for resale, and who maintains an established business where substantially all of the business is the sale of tobacco products or cigarettes and related merchandise at wholesale and where at all times a substantial stock of tobacco products and related merchandise is available to retailers for resale. Wholesaler includes a chain of stores retailing a tobacco product to the consumer if 75% of its stock of tobacco products is purchased directly from the manufacturer.

Sec. 7. (1) Beginning May 1, 1994, a tax is levied on the sale of tobacco products sold in this state as follows:

(a) Through July 31, 2002, for cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco, 16% of the wholesale price.

(b) For cigarettes, 37.5 mills per cigarette.

(c) Beginning August 1, 2002, for cigarettes, in addition to the tax levied in subdivision (b), an additional 15 mills per cigarette.

(d) Beginning August 1, 2002, for cigarettes, in addition to the tax levied in subdivisions (b) and (c), an additional 10 mills per cigarette.

(e) Beginning July 1, 2004, for cigarettes, in addition to the tax levied in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), an additional 37.5 mills per cigarette.

(f) Beginning August 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2004, for cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco, 20% of the wholesale price.

(g) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2019, for cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco other than electronic smoking devices, 32% of the wholesale price. However, beginning November 1, 2012 and through October 31, 2021, the amount of tax levied under this subdivision on cigars shall not exceed 50 cents per individual cigar.

(h) Beginning October 1, 2019, for cigarettes, in addition to the tax levied in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e), an additional 75 mills per cigarette.

(i) Beginning October 1, 2019, for cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco including electronic smoking devices, 81% of the wholesale price.

(2) On or before the twentieth day of each calendar month, every licensee under section 3 other than a retailer, unclassified acquirer licensed as a manufacturer, or vending machine operator shall file a return with the department stating the wholesale price of each tobacco product other than cigarettes purchased, the quantity of cigarettes purchased, the wholesale price charged for all tobacco products other than cigarettes sold, the number of individual packages of cigarettes and the number of cigarettes in those individual packages, and the number and denominations of stamps affixed to individual packages of cigarettes sold by the licensee for each place of business in the preceding calendar month. The return shall also include the number and denomination of unaffixed stamps in the possession of the licensee at the end of the preceding calendar month. Wholesalers shall also report accurate inventories of cigarettes, both stamped and unstamped at the end of the preceding calendar month. Wholesalers and unclassified acquirers shall also report accurate inventories of affixed and unaffixed stamps by denomination at the beginning and end of each calendar month and all stamps acquired during the preceding calendar month. The return shall be signed under penalty of perjury. The return shall be on a form prescribed by the department and shall contain or be accompanied by any further information the department requires. The department may also require licensees to report cigarette acquisition, purchase, and sales information in other formats and frequency.

(3) To cover the cost of expenses incurred in the administration of this act, at the time of the filing of the return, the licensee shall pay to the department the tax levied in subsection (1) for tobacco products sold during the calendar month covered by the return, less compensation equal to the following:

(a) One percent of the total amount of the tax due on tobacco products sold other than cigarettes.

(b) Through July 31, 2002, 1.25% of the total amount of the tax due on cigarettes sold.

(c) Beginning August 1, 2002, 1.5% of the total amount of the tax due on cigarettes sold and, beginning on June 20, 2012, for sales of untaxed cigarettes to Indian tribes in this state, an amount equal to 1.5% of the total amount of the tax due on those cigarettes sold as if those cigarette sales were taxable sales under this act.

(d) Beginning on the first calendar month following the implementation of the use of digital stamps as provided in section 5a(2), for licensees who are stamping agents, 0.5% of the total amount of the tax due on cigarettes sold and, for sales of untaxed cigarettes to Indian tribes in this state, 0.5% of the total amount of the tax due on those cigarettes sold as if those cigarette sales were taxable sales under this act, until the stamping agent is compensated in an amount equal to the direct cost actually incurred by the stamping agent for the purchase of upgrades to technology and equipment, excluding the equipment reimbursed under subdivision (e), that are necessary to affix the digital stamp as determined by the department. Compensation under this subdivision may also be claimed by a stamping agent for the direct costs actually incurred by the stamping agent, as determined by the department and reflected in the net purchase price, for the initial and 1-time purchase of case packers or similar machines or conveyors as follows:

(i) Case packers or similar machines to be used exclusively to repack cigarette cartons into case boxes after digital stamps have been applied by eligible equipment to the individual packages of cigarettes contained within those cigarette cartons. Compensation under this subparagraph may only be claimed by a stamping agent if the case packers or similar machines are in addition to, and not a replacement for, 1 or more case packers or similar machines used in connection with cigarette stamping machines which do not use the digital stamp authorized under this act.

(ii) Conveyors to be used exclusively for that portion of a cigarette stamping line that is necessary for and dedicated to cigarette stamping operations using eligible equipment to affix digital stamps to individual packages of cigarettes to be sold in this state. Compensation under this subparagraph may only be claimed by a stamping agent if the cigarette stamping line served by the conveyors is in addition to 1 or more distinct and existing cigarette stamping lines using stamping machines which do not use the digital stamp authorized under this act and that compensation shall not exceed a total of 50% of the amount reimbursed under subdivision (e) for any particular stamping agent.

(iii) Compensation under subparagraphs (i) and (ii) shall also include any applicable sales or use taxes paid, and shipping and crating charges actually incurred, by the stamping agent in connection with the purchase, but shall exclude any other costs incurred by the stamping agent not otherwise expressly provided for in this subdivision, including, but not limited to, charges for installation and ongoing maintenance.

(e) Beginning in the first calendar month following the implementation of the use of digital stamps as provided in section 5a(2) and continuing for the immediately succeeding 17 months, for licensees who are stamping agents, reimbursement of direct costs actually incurred by the stamping agent, as determined by the department, for the initial purchase of eligible equipment in an amount equal to 5.55% of the total net purchase price of the eligible equipment necessary to affix the digital stamp. The reimbursement provided under this subdivision shall also include reimbursement for any applicable sales or use taxes paid and shipping and crating charges actually incurred by the stamping agent for the initial purchase of eligible equipment, but shall exclude reimbursement for any other costs incurred by the stamping agent not otherwise expressly provided for in this subdivision, including, but not limited to, charges for installation and ongoing maintenance related to eligible equipment. A stamping agent may only receive reimbursement under this subdivision to the extent that the eligible equipment purchased by the stamping agent does not exceed the total number of the stamping agent's existing equipment as certified by the stamping agent on a form prescribed by the department.

(f) Beginning in the first calendar month following the implementation of the use of digital stamps as provided in section 5a(2), for licensees who are stamping agents, reimbursement of qualified equipment costs actually incurred by the stamping agent, not otherwise compensated or reimbursed under subdivision (d) or (e), as determined by the department. The reimbursement provided under this subdivision shall not exceed $60,000.00 for all stamping agents combined.

(4) Every licensee and retailer who, on August 1, 2002, has on hand for sale any cigarettes upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(b) shall file a complete inventory of those cigarettes before September 1, 2002 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(b), (c), and (d) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(b). Every licensee and retailer who, on August 1, 2002, has on hand for sale any cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(a) shall file a complete inventory of those cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco before September 1, 2002 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(f) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(a).

(5) Every licensee and retailer who, on July 1, 2004, has on hand for sale any cigarettes upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(b), (c), and (d) shall file a complete inventory of those cigarettes before August 1, 2004 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), and (e) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(b), (c), and (d). Every licensee and retailer who, on July 1, 2004, has on hand for sale any cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(f) shall file a complete inventory of those cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco before August 1, 2004 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(g) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(f). The proceeds derived under this subsection shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(6) Every licensee and retailer who, on October 1, 2019, has on hand for sale any cigarettes upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), and (e) shall file a complete inventory of those cigarettes before November 1, 2019 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), and (h) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(b), (c), (d) and (e). Every licensee and retailer who, on October 1, 2019, has on hand for sale any cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco other than electronic smoking devices upon which a tax has been paid pursuant to subsection (1)(g) shall file a complete inventory of those cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco before November 1, 2019 and shall pay to the department at the time of filing this inventory a tax equal to the difference between the tax imposed in subsection (1)(I) and the tax that has been paid under subsection (1)(g). The proceeds derived under this subsection shall be credited to the healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953.

(7) (6) The department may require the payment of the tax imposed by this act upon the importation or acquisition of a tobacco product. A tobacco product for which the tax under this act has once been imposed and that has not been refunded if paid is not subject upon a subsequent sale to the tax imposed by this act.

(8) (7) An abatement or refund of the tax provided by this act may be made by the department for causes the department considers expedient. The department shall certify the amount and the state treasurer shall pay that amount out of the proceeds of the tax.

(9) (8) A person liable for the tax may reimburse itself by adding to the price of the tobacco products an amount equal to the tax levied under this act.

(10) (9) A wholesaler, unclassified acquirer, or other person shall not sell or transfer any unaffixed stamps acquired by the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer from the department. A wholesaler or unclassified acquirer who has any unaffixed stamps on hand at the time its license is revoked or expires, or at the time it discontinues the business of selling cigarettes, shall return those stamps to the department. The department shall refund the value of the stamps, less the appropriate discount paid.

(11) (10) If the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer has unsalable packs returned from a retailer, secondary wholesaler, vending machine operator, wholesaler, or unclassified acquirer with stamps affixed, the department shall refund the amount of the tax less the appropriate discount paid. If the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer has unaffixed unsalable stamps, the department shall exchange with the wholesaler or unclassified acquirer new stamps in the same quantity as the unaffixed unsalable stamps. An application for refund of the tax shall be filed on a form prescribed by the department for that purpose, within 4 years from the date the stamps were originally acquired from the department. A wholesaler or unclassified acquirer shall make available for inspection by the department the unused or spoiled stamps and the stamps affixed to unsalable individual packages of cigarettes. The department may, at its own discretion, witness and certify the destruction of the unused or spoiled stamps and unsalable individual packages of cigarettes that are not returnable to the manufacturer. The wholesaler or unclassified acquirer shall provide certification from the manufacturer for any unsalable individual packages of cigarettes that are returned to the manufacturer.

(12) (11) On or before the twentieth of each month, each manufacturer shall file a report with the department listing all sales of tobacco products to wholesalers and unclassified acquirers during the preceding calendar month and any other information the department finds necessary for the administration of this act. This report shall be in the form and manner specified by the department.

(13) (12) Each wholesaler or unclassified acquirer shall submit to the department an unstamped cigarette sales report on or before the twentieth day of each month covering the sale, delivery, or distribution of unstamped cigarettes during the preceding calendar month to points outside of this state. A separate schedule shall be filed for each state, country, or province into which shipments are made. For purposes of the report described in this subsection, "unstamped cigarettes" means individual packages of cigarettes that do not bear a Michigan stamp. The department may provide the information contained in this report to a proper officer of another state, country, or province reciprocating in this privilege.

(14) (13) As used in subsection (3):

(a) "Eligible equipment" means a cigarette tax stamping machine that meets all of the following conditions:

(i) Was purchased by a stamping agent who was licensed as a stamping agent as of December 31, 2011.

(ii) Enables the stamping agent to affix digital stamps to individual packages of cigarettes in accordance with the requirements under section 6a(2).

(iii) Was purchased to be used for the primary purpose of permitting the stamping agent to affix digital stamps to individual packages of cigarettes to be sold in this state following the implementation of the use of digital stamps as provided in section 5a(2).

(b) "Existing equipment" means a cigarette tax stamping machine that meets all of the following conditions:

(i) Was owned by a person who was licensed as a stamping agent as of December 31, 2011.

(ii) Was a cigarette tax stamping machine used prior to January 1, 2012 by the stamping agent to apply stamps using stamp rolls of 30,000 stamps.

(c) "Qualified equipment" means equipment that was placed in service by a stamping agent that included conveyors and additional associated electrical line and compressed air line before August 15, 2014 in connection with the implementation of a digital stamping line under a pilot program with the department as determined by the department. Qualified equipment does not include the cost of installation of a conveyor.

Sec. 11. (1) A person, either as principal or agent, shall not sell or solicit a sale of a tobacco product to be shipped, mailed, or otherwise sent or brought into the state, to a person not a licensed manufacturer, licensed wholesaler, licensed secondary wholesaler, licensed vending machine operator, licensed unclassified acquirer, licensed transporter, or licensed transportation company, unless the tobacco product is to be sold to or through a licensed wholesaler.

(2) All sales conducted through the Internet, internet, by telephone, or in a mail-order transaction shall not be completed unless, before each delivery of cigarettes tobacco products is made, whether through the mail, through a transportation company, or through any other delivery system, the seller has obtained from the purchaser an affirmation that includes a copy of a valid government-issued document that confirms the purchaser's name, address, and date of birth showing that the purchaser is at least the legal minimum age to purchase cigarettes; tobacco products; that the cigarettes tobacco products purchased are not intended for consumption by an individual who is younger than the legal minimum age to purchase cigarettes; tobacco products; and a written statement signed by the purchaser that affirms the purchaser's address and that the purchaser is at least the minimum legal age to purchase cigarettes. tobacco products. The statement shall also confirm that the purchaser understands that signing another person's name to the affirmation is illegal; that the sale of cigarettes tobacco products to individuals under the legal minimum purchase age is illegal; and that the purchase of cigarettes tobacco products by individuals under the legal minimum purchase age is illegal under the laws of the state of Michigan. The seller shall verify the information contained in the affirmation provided by the purchaser against a commercially available database of governmental records, or obtain a photocopy, fax copy, or other image of the valid, government-issued identification stating the date of birth or age of the purchaser.

(3) All invoices, bills of lading, sales receipts, or other documents related to cigarette tobacco product sales conducted through the internet, by telephone, or in a mail-order transaction shall contain the current seller's valid Michigan sales tax registration number, business name and address of the seller, and a statement as to whether all sales taxes and taxes levied under this act have been paid. All packages of cigarettes tobacco products shipped from a cigarette tobacco product seller to purchasers who reside in Michigan shall clearly print or stamp the package with the word "CIGARETTES" "TOBACCO PRODUCTS" on the outside of all sides of the package so it is clearly visible to the shipper. In addition, the package shall contain an externally visible and clearly legible notice located on the same side of the package as the address to which the package is delivered, as follows:

"IF THESE CIGARETTES TOBACCO PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO YOU FROM A SELLER LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE STATE IN WHICH YOU RESIDE, THE SELLER HAS REPORTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW THE SALE OF THESE CIGARETTES TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO OUR STATE TAX COLLECTION AGENCY, INCLUDING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU ARE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL APPLICABLE UNPAID STATE TAXES ON THESE CIGARETTES."TOBACCO PRODUCTS."

If an order is made as a result of advertisement over the Internet, internet, the tobacco retailer shall request the electronic mail address of the purchaser and shall receive payment by credit card or check before shipping. This subsection and subsection (2) do not apply to sales by wholesalers and unclassified acquirers.

(4) The deliverer of the cigarettes tobacco products is required to obtain proof from a valid government-issued document that the person signing for the cigarettes tobacco products is the purchaser.

(5) Beginning November 1, 2012, a retailer that is not licensed as an unclassified acquirer, retail importer of tobacco products other than cigarettes, shall post a sign, visible to the public inside the retail establishment that informs purchasers of cigars through catalog sales or Internet internet sales of their responsibility to pay all applicable unpaid state taxes on those cigars.

(6) As used in this section:

(a) "Computer" means any connected, directly interoperable or interactive device, equipment, or facility that uses a computer program or other instructions to perform specific operations, including logical, arithmetic, or memory functions with or on computer data or a computer program, and that can store, retrieve, alter, or communicate the results of the operations to a person, computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network.

(b) "Computer network" means the interconnection of hardwire or wireless communication lines with a computer through remote terminals or a complex consisting of 2 or more interconnected computers.

(c) "Computer program" means a series of internal or external instructions communicated in a form acceptable to a computer that directs the functioning of a computer, computer system, or computer network in a manner designed to provide or produce products or results from the computer, computer system, or computer network.

(d) "Computer system" means related, connected or unconnected, computer equipment, devices, software, or hardware.

(e) "Credit card" means a card or device issued by a person licensed under 1984 PA 379, MCL 493.101 to 493.114, or under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072, or issued by a depository financial institution as defined in section 1a of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and services licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1651a, under a credit card arrangement.

(f) "Device" includes, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, electrochemical, biochemical, hydraulic, optical, or organic object that performs input, output, or storage functions by the manipulation of electronic, magnetic, or other impulses.

(g) "Internet" means the connection to the World Wide Web through the use of a computer, a computer network, or a computer system.

(h) "Sale conducted through the Internet" internet" means a sale of, a solicitation to sell, a purchase of, or an offer to purchase cigarettes tobacco products conducted all or in part by accessing an Internet internet website.

Sec. 12. (1) The proceeds derived from the payment of taxes, fees, and penalties provided for under this act and the license fees received by the department shall be deposited with the state treasurer and disbursed only as provided in this section and section 7(5). However, before a distribution of funds is made under this section, subject to appropriation, the funds described in this section may be used by the department, the attorney general, and the department of state police for enforcement and administration of this act.

(2) The tax imposed under section 7(1)(a) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 94% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(3) The tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(b) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning May 1, 1994 and through June 30, 2004, 5.3% of the proceeds shall be credited to the health and safety fund created in the health and safety fund act, 1987 PA 264, MCL 141.471 to 141.479.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2004, 6.5% of the proceeds shall be credited to the health and safety fund created in the health and safety fund act, 1987 PA 264, MCL 141.471 to 141.479.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2014, 24.1% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(e) 63.4% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(f) 6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(g) Beginning October 1, 2014, 24.1% of the proceeds shall be disbursed as follows:

(i) For the 2014-2015 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, $3,000,000.00 to the Michigan state capitol historic site fund created in section 7 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act, 2013 PA 240, MCL 4.1947. For the 2015-2016 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, the state treasurer shall adjust the figure described in this subparagraph by an amount determined by the state treasurer at the end of each calendar year to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the consumer price index. Consumer Price Index. Beginning for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, if the cumulative annual percentage change in the consumer price index Consumer Price Index is negative, then the adjustment for that fiscal year is zero. As used in this subsection, "consumer price index" "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. From the funds described in this subparagraph, not later than February 1 of each year, the Michigan state capitol commission created in section 5 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act, 2013 PA 240, MCL 4.1945, shall report to the chairpersons of the house and senate appropriations committees. The report shall contain all of the following:

(A) The proposed maintenance plan for the Michigan State Capitol Historical Site for the immediately following fiscal year.

(B) The projected 5-year maintenance plan for the Michigan State Capitol Historical Site for the immediately following 5 fiscal years.

(ii) The remaining proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(4) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(c) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Through June 30, 2004, 74.2%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 9.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(b) Through June 30, 2004, 4.6%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 56.3% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(c) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(d) Through June 30, 2004, 3.0%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 3.7% of the proceeds shall be paid to counties with a 2000 population of more than 2,000,000, to be used only for indigent health care.

(e) Through June 30, 2004, 12.2%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 25.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(5) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(f) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 75.6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(6) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(d) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 94.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(7) Beginning July 1, 2004, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(e) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2005, 100% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2005, 75.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(8) Beginning July 1, 2004, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(g) shall be disbursed as follows:

(b) Beginning October 1, 2005, 75.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(9) Beginning October 1, 2019, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(h) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning October 1, 2019, 10% of the proceeds shall be credited to the healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. The funds described under this subdivision shall be used by the department of health and human services for cancer prevention, tobacco prevention, and cardiovascular health.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2019, 90% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of the state.

(10) Beginning October 1, 2019, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(i) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 75.6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. The funds described under this subdivision shall be used by the department of health and human services for cancer prevention, tobacco prevention, and cardiovascular health.

(11) (9) The proceeds of the fees and penalties provided for in this act shall be used for the administration of this act.

Enacting section 1. Section 14 of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.434, is repealed effective October 1, 2019.