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(b) (1) At any time the federal tax imposed under 26 United
States Code § 5701 (b)(1), as amended, is less than $8 per
thousand cigarettes, there shall be a supplemental State tax for
each 10 cigarettes or fractional part thereof when such
cigarettes are in packages containing 20 or fewer cigarettes each
and on each cigarette in excess of 20 contained in each pack.
The amount or rate of the supplemental tax shall be equivalent to
the amount the federal tax is less than $8 per thousand
cigarettes.

(2) Any supplemental tax imposed or any change in the
supplemental tax imposed by this subsection shall apply to all
cigarettes sold or possessed by a distributor 10 or more days
after the effective date of any modification in the federal tax
under 26 United States Code § 5701 (b)(1) that results in the
imposition or change of a supplemental tax under this subsection.

(C) THE RATE OR AMOUNT OF TAX LEVIED AND IMPOSED ON ALL
PACKS OF FREE SAMPLE CIGARETTES THAT CONTAIN 7 OR MORE CIGARETTES
SHALL BE 6 1/2 MILLS PER CIGARETTE IN EXCESS OF 6.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 666

(Senate Bill 416)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement Law - Sanctions Against South Africa

FOR the purpose of providing that a State agency may not procure
any supplies that originate in the Republic of South Africa;
providing that a State agency may not accept a bid or offer
from any person who is doing business with South Africa;
specifying certain exceptions to both of those restrictions;
requiring the Comptroller to establish, maintain, and update

a list of persons doing business with South Africa;

providing that certain provisions of this Act supersede
other requirements of law; providing that a contract entered
into in violation of certain provisions of this Act is void;

defining certain terms; and generally relating to

restrictions on procurements by State agencies. certain
supplies that are produced or manufactured in the Republic
of South Africa; requiring any bidder or offeror for any
procurement over a certain amount to make certain
certifications about doing business with or in South Africa;
requiring certain bidders or offerors at the time of