SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1074

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: JUNE 20, 1996

 

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1074.

      This bill exempts the officers and employees of retail drug store chains from the fingerprinting requirements of the cigarette tax licensing provisions. General provisions of the cigarette tax extend the fingerprinting requirements of the cigarette tax licensing requirements to all officers of retail cigarette dealers who sell cigarettes at retail at more than nine premises and all employees of such retail dealers who receive more than $30,000 annually in compensation.

      Currently, the fingerprinting requirements of the cigarette tax licensing provisions do not apply to officers and employees of retail grocery stores and supermarkets primarily engaged in the self-service sale of foods and household supplies for off-premises consumption or to officers and employees of restaurants, hotels and motels operated by national corporations with such premises in six or more states and primarily engaged in the sale of foods for retail consumption or in the rental of rooms for lodging.