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IN HB1181
Bill
Status
1/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Terri Jo Austin
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AI Summary
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Allows patrons to bring wine into restaurants with a wine retailer's permit if the wine is sealed, not offered for sale, and consumed only by the patron and tablemates while eating restaurant-prepared meals.
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Permits restaurants to charge a corkage fee for serving patron-brought wine and allows patrons to remove multiple unsealed bottles of their own wine without requiring secure bag sealing.
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Increases excise taxes effective July 1, 2018: beer and hard cider from $0.115 to $0.145 per gallon; liquor and wine with 21%+ alcohol from $2.68 to $3.35 per gallon; and wine from $0.47 to $0.59 per gallon.
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Deposits portions of excise tax increases into the enforcement and administration fund and problem solving court fund, with designated amounts per gallon type for each fund.
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Uses enforcement fund deposits for hiring additional excise officers, funding technology, and equipment upgrades; uses problem solving court fund deposits for court programs, evidence-based treatment, monitoring technology, and reduced fees for indigent participants.
Legislative Description
Bringing wine into a restaurant and excise taxes. Allows a patron to carry wine into a restaurant if: (1) the restaurant has a wine retailer's permit and consents; and (2) the wine is only for consumption by the patron or persons seated at the patron's table while eating food prepared at the restaurant and served at the table. Allows the permit holder to charge a corkage fee for serving wine brought in by a patron. Amends the law allowing a patron to remove an unsealed bottle of wine that was purchased at a restaurant with a meal to specify that
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/8/2018