BLYN, WA: Jamestown S'Klallam to
collect cigarette taxes & keep them
2001-05-13 - Peninsula Daily News
BY MARK MOREY
BLYN -- The Jamestown S'Klallam tribe plans to devote
cigarette tax revenues to health and education programs now
that the state has surrendered its collection authority,
tribal leaders said Friday.
Gov. Gary Locke last week signed a bill to allow the
Jamestown and 13 other state tribes to collect taxes on
cigarettes purchased by non-Indian customers at reservation
shops.
The legislation, brokered over the past few years, ends a
long-running dispute between the state and tribes about
whether the tribes were properly bringing in the cigarette tax
revenue of 82.5 cents per pack.
``I think this is a real win-win proposition,'' Jamestown
Chairman Ron Allen said Friday. ``It just cleaned up a legal
conflict between us.''
The Jamestown tribe sells about $100,000 worth of
cigarettes annually at its 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S.
Highway 101.
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