Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 81
Action Taken: Substituted
Status: Complete
Author(s): Nithya Vijayakumar
Sponsor: Nithya Vijayakumar
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek and support legislation to institute an excise tax that would be added at the wholesale or manufacturing level on sweetened beverages; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS seek and support legislation for the elimination of the sales tax exemption for sweetened beverages and candy; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for the income generated from an excise tax on sweetened beverages, if enacted, to be used to fund programs that encourage healthy nutrition and obesity prevention, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek and support legislation to institute an excise tax that would be added at the wholesale or manufacturing level on sweetened beverages; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS seek and support legislation for the elimination of the sales tax exemption for sweetened beverages and candy; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS advocate for the income generated from an excise tax on sweetened beverages, if enacted, to be used to fund programs that encourage healthy nutrition and obesity prevention, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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