Section 10-50-3 - Tax imposed on cigarettes held for sale--Rates of tax.
10-50-3. Tax imposed on cigarettes held for sale--Rates of tax. A tax is imposed, whether or not a sale occurs, at the following rates on all cigarettes held in this state for sale by any person:
Class A, on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand, seventy-six and one-half mills on each cigarette.
Class B, on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand, seventy-six and one-half mills on each cigarette.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.3905; SL 1949, ch 422, § 1; SL 1951, ch 452, § 3; SL 1955, ch 416; SL 1959, ch 442, § 1; SL 1963, ch 446, § 1; SL 1965, ch 293, § 1; SL 1969, ch 271, § 1; SL 1979, ch 90, § 1; SL 1981, ch 114, § 1; SL 1985, ch 97; SL 1995, ch 72, § 1; SL 2003, ch 72, § 1; Initiated Measure 2, approved Nov. 7, 2006, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.