DEREGULATION
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Summary: Abolishes state liquor stores. Provides for·franchise and·license for wine and spirit stores and wholesale operations. Imposes licensing fees and taxes wine at a rate of $3.50 per gallon and spirits at a rate of $6.50 per gallon.
Sponsor(s):Representative Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County)
Washington Initiative Measure No. 1099 |
TAXES
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Assembly Bill 1694
Summary: Imposes a fee on alcoholic beverages to fund a program that seeks to mitigate past, present, or future harm caused by alcohol products in the stream of commerce in California. The mitigation fee is imposed at the following rates on alcoholic beverages including: beer at $0.53 per gallon; wine not containing more than 14% absolute alcohol at $1.28 per gallon; and distilled spirits at $4.27 per gallon.
Sponsor(s): Assembly Member Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
| Hawaii House Bill 2850 Summary: Removes temporary excise tax on alcoholic beverages. Beginning July 2015, excise tax will return to its current rate. Sponsor(s): Representative Calvin K.Y. Say (D-Ewa Beach) |
| House Bill 2632 Summary: Removes current tax rate on alcoholic beverages. Beginning July 1, 2011 the tax rate on alcoholic beverages will be taxed at rates including distilled spirits at $7.45 per proof gallon, wine containing not more than 14% alcohol at $2.08 per wine gallon, non-draft beer at $0.93 per wine gallon, and draft beer at $0.54 per wine gallon. Amends definition of “beer” to include flavored malt beverages. Sponsor(s): Representative Robert N. Herkes (D-South and West Maui) |
| Indiana House Bill 1281 Summary: Increases excise taxes on alcoholic beverages including raising the rates on beer from $0.115 to $0.435 per gallon, liquor from $2.68 to $5.24 per gallon, and wine from $0.47 to $1.24 per gallon. Also reduces the discount to taxpayers for accurately reporting and timely remitting of the alcohol excise tax from 1.5% to 0.75%. Sponsor(s): Representative Sheila Klinker (D-Tippecanoe County) |
| Kansas Senate Bill 530 Summary: Revokes the exemption for microbreweries and farm wineries from the state sales tax. Sponsor(s): Assessment and Taxation |
| House Bill 2593 Summary: Increases excise tax on alcoholic beverages, including: beer from $0.18 to $0.36 per gallon; wine containing 14% or less alcohol from $0.75 to $1.50 per gallon; and spirits from $2.50 to $5.00 per gallon. Increases allocations to alcohol treatment programs fund and new allocations to mental and developmental disability funds. Sponsor(s): Representative Kay Wolf (R-Prairie Village) |
| Kentucky House Bill 61 (BR 159) Summary: Exempt the sale of alcoholic beverages sold for off-site consumption from the sales and use tax (currently 6%) beginning August 1, 2010. Sponsor(s): Representative Bill Farmer (R-Fayette) |
| House Bill 62 (BR 265) Summary: Reduce the tax imposed on all gross receipts for wholesalers of alcoholic beverages from 11% to 5.5% beginning July 1, 2010 and to 0% beginning July 1, 2011. Sponsor(s): Representative Bill Farmer (R-Fayette) |
| House Bill 228 Summary: A nonrefundable and nontransferable tax credit issued to each taxpayer paying the distilled spirits ad valorem tax imposed on distilled spirits held in a bonded warehouse. Sponsor(s): Representative David W. Floyd (R-Bullitt) |
| House Bill 230 Summary: Exempts distilled spirits in a bonded warehouse which have aged for at least 18 years from the tax imposed on distilled spirits while held in a bonded warehouse. Sponsor(s): Representative David W. Floyd (R-Bullitt) |
| Maryland Senate Bill 717 Summary: Increases the tax rates for alcoholic beverages, including: distilled spirits from $1.50 to $10.03 per gallon; wine from $0.40 to $2.96 per gallon; and beer from $0.09 to $1.16 per gallon. A special fund is established for the purpose of funding specific health services into which 87.25% of the tax money will be placed, with the remainder going to the general fund. Sponsor(s): Senators Verna Jones (D-Baltimore City), Nathaniel Exum (D-Prince George’s County) and Jennie Forehand (D-Montgomery County)* |
| Minnesota House Bill 3296 Summary: Creates an alcohol use health and safety impact fund. A fee is imposed on alcoholic beverages including distilled spirits at $5.11, wine at $1.55 per gallon and fermented malt beverages at $19.84 per 31-gallon barrel. Revenues from the fee will be credited to the fund. Sponsor(s):Representatives Jean Wagenius (D-Hennepin), Michael Paymar (D-Ramsey), Gene Pelowski Jr. (D-Winona)* |
| Mississippi House Bill 592 Summary: Increases excise taxes on alcoholic beverages including raising the rates on distilled spirits from $2.50 to $3.50 per gallon, wine from $0.35 to $0.525 per gallon, and beer from $0.4268 to $0.6402 per gallon. Also, the markup of alcoholic beverages by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division on beverages with more than 5% alcohol by weight is increased from 3.0% to 4.5%. Sponsor(s):Representative Bob Evans (D-Copiah) |
| New Mexico Senate Bill 214 Summary: Increases the number of liters a “small winegrower” can produce from 950,000 liters to 1,250,000. Wine produced by “small winegrowers” and sold in state is taxed at $0.10 per liter rather than the standard wine rate of $0.45 per liter. Allows for certain localities to enact an ordinance imposing limited local liquor excise tax. Sponsor(s): Senator Nancy Rodriguez (D-Santa Fe) |
| Senate Bill 126 Summary: Increases tax on alcoholic beverages including: spirituous liquors from $1.60 to $2.73 per liter; beer from $0.41 to $0.95 per gallon; and wine from $0.45 to $0.79 per liter. Decreases the amount of funds allocated to the DWI grant fund. Sponsor(s): Senator Lynda M. Lovejoy (D-Bern) |
| Senate Bill 5 Summary: Adjusts the distributions to the mental health and substance abuse treatment fund. Raises the liquor excise tax on alcoholic beverages including spirituous liquors from $1.60 to $2.73 per liter, beer from $0.41 to $0.94 per gallon. Sponsor(s): Senator Bernadette Sanchez (D-Albuquerque) |
| Senate Bill 142 Summary: Increases the tax rate on alcoholic beverages including: spirituous liquors from $1.60 to $2.73 per liter; and beer from $0.41 to $0.94 per gallon. No increase to tax on wine. Allocates funds to a new mental health and substance abuse treatment fun and decreases the amount of funds allocated to the DWI grant fund. Sponsor(s): Senator Bernadette M. Sanchez (D-Bernalillo) |
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House Bill 2039
Summary: Reduce the current emergency tax on liquor from 18% of the net price of all liquors sold by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to 9% as of January 1, 2010 and 0% as of January 1, 2011. Sponsor(s): Representative John D. Payne (R-Dauphin County) |
| West Virginia House Bill 2459 Summary: Increases tax rate on the purchase of intoxicating liquors outside the corporate limits of municipalities from 5% to 6%. Sponsor(s): Delegate Jeff Eldridge (D-Lincoln) |
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