In 1918 a national law limited the tax to corporations and increased the rates.
The new law will also increase the number of drug cases this fall.
Such laws increase the price of products entering or leaving the island.
The new law increased the commitment to Federal food assistance programs by more than $10 billion over the next 10 years.
The new law would increase penalties to 5 to 10 years rather than the existing three to five.
The new law would also increase the number of licenses given to veterans to 105.
The new law increased the exclusion to $82,400 this year.
Studies have shown that such laws increase seat belt use, they said.
State officials say the law, while not completely successful, has increased tax collections by about $90 million a year.
But such laws, by themselves, do not increase the supply of mental health services.
