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 Bill Status of SB2486  96th General Assembly


Short Description:  CIG TAX-TAX STAMP ENCRYPT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Carole Pankau

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
35 ILCS 130/3from Ch. 120, par. 453.3
35 ILCS 130/5from Ch. 120, par. 453.5
35 ILCS 135/3from Ch. 120, par. 453.33


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Cigarette Tax Act and the Cigarette Use Tax Act. Provides that tax stamps sold on or after July 1, 2010 must be counterfeit-resistant and encrypted with certain information. Provides that the stamps shall (i) be produced in a secure facility certified in accordance with the security assistance standards established in 2005 by the American National Standards Institute and the North American Security Products Organization, (ii) incorporate a minimum of 4 layers of overt, semi-covert, and covert data, and (iii) instantaneously capture encrypted data. Requires distributors to acquire certain necessary equipment and provide the encrypted data to the Department of Revenue in the form and manner required by the Department. Requires the Department of Revenue to retain the data using a secure system. Provides that any distributor having stamped packages of cigarettes in his or her possession on July 1, 2010 may continue to possess, deliver, or distribute those stamped cigarettes. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  10/15/2009SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau
  10/15/2009SenateFirst Reading
  10/15/2009SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/10/2010SenateAssigned to Revenue
  2/17/2010SenatePostponed - Revenue
  2/24/2010SenatePostponed - Revenue
  3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau
  3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  3/3/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
  3/8/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Revenue
  3/8/2010SenatePostponed - Revenue
  3/8/2010SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  3/8/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

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