SB98 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Roger Bedford, Jr.
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Wine, fortified wine, sale by all licensees of Alcoholic Beverage Control Board authorized, additional excise tax levied, distrib. to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, State General Fund, Human Resources Department, and Mental Health Department, Secs. 28-1-3.1, 28-3-1, 28-3-53.2, 28-3-168, 28-3-187.1, 28-3A-8, 28-7-16 am'd.; Sec. 28-7-2 repealed
Description: Under existing law, fortified wine may only be purchased in state liquor stores, and state taxes on liquor apply to sales of fortified wine.
This bill would allow fortified wine to be sold by any licensee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. This bill would levy a state tax on fortified wine that would be equivalent to the state liquor tax that is currently levied on sales of fortified wine, and this bill would provide for the distribution of the new tax to the recipients of the current tax.
Subjects: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board