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CDTFA seeks $3.5M to implement seizure authority for flavored tobacco; agency cites enforcement and hazardous disposal costs
Summary
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration requested $3.5 million in one-time funding to implement AB 3218 and SB 1230, which authorize seizure and destruction of flavored tobacco products sold in violation of the state's flavor ban.
Jason Mallett, chief financial officer for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), told the subcommittee that AB 3218 and SB 1230 (effective Jan. 1 this year) authorized CDTFA to seize flavored tobacco products from retailers violating the flavor ban. CDTFA requested one year of funding (a $3.5 million appropriation from the cigarette and tobacco compliance fund) to implement seizure, destruction,…
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