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House centralizes vape tax and enforcement; grants ABC authority for licensing fee to fund field enforcement
Summary
HB 529 directs a single statewide tax rate for vapor products, allows the ABC board to set a new licensing fee to fund enforcement, and includes a grandfathering amendment for two counties with existing or pending local taxes.
The Alabama House on April 9 approved HB 529, a measure aimed at streamlining vapor product taxation and creating a funding mechanism for enforcement efforts to address illegal vape products sold in the state.
Representative Mac Faulkner, sponsor of sections of the broader package, told the House that a large share of vape products sold in Alabama are unlawful or unregistered. The bill establishes a single statewide tax rate for vapor products and authorizes the Alabama…
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