Bill Text: IA HF519 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for an increase in the barrel tax on beer, and making appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 355. [HF519 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF519-Introduced.html
House File 519 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 519 BY McKEAN A BILL FOR An Act providing for an increase in the barrel tax on beer, and 1 making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1889YH (2) 88 ec/rn
H.F. 519 Section 1. Section 123.136, Code 2019, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 123.136 Barrel tax —— allocations . 3 1. In addition to the annual permit fee to be paid by 4 all class “A” beer permittees under this chapter there shall 5 be levied and collected from the permittees on all beer 6 manufactured for sale or sold in this state at wholesale and 7 on all beer imported into this state for sale at wholesale and 8 sold in this state at wholesale, and from special class “A” 9 beer permittees on all beer manufactured for consumption on the 10 premises and on all beer sold at retail at the manufacturing 11 premises for consumption off the premises pursuant to section 12 123.130, subsection 3 , a tax of five twenty-two and eighty-nine 13 sixty-three hundredths dollars for every barrel containing 14 thirty-one gallons, and at a like rate for any other quantity 15 or for the fractional part of a barrel. However, no tax shall 16 be levied or collected on beer shipped outside this state 17 by a class “A” beer permittee or sold by one class “A” beer 18 permittee to another class “A” beer permittee. 19 2. All revenue Revenue derived from the barrel tax shall be 20 distributed as follows: 21 a. An amount equal to eight and thirty-seven hundredths 22 dollars for every barrel, and at a like rate for any other 23 quantity or for the fractional part of a barrel, shall be 24 appropriated to the governor’s office of drug control policy, 25 as referred to in section 80E.1, for substance abuse treatment 26 and prevention programs. 27 b. An amount equal to eight and thirty-seven hundredths 28 dollars for every barrel, and at a like rate for any other 29 quantity or for the fractional part of a barrel, shall be 30 appropriated to the Iowa department of public health for use 31 in administering the comprehensive substance abuse program 32 under chapter 125 for substance abuse treatment and prevention 33 programs. 34 c. All remaining revenue derived from the barrel tax shall 35 -1- LSB 1889YH (2) 88 ec/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 519 accrue to the state general fund. 1 3. All of the provisions of this chapter relating to the 2 administration of the barrel tax on beer shall apply to this 3 section . 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill provides for an increase in the barrel tax on beer 8 and appropriates a portion of the revenue derived from the 9 barrel tax for substance abuse and prevention programs. 10 Code section 123.136(1), establishing the barrel tax on 11 beer, is amended by increasing the tax on a barrel, which 12 constitutes 31 gallons, from $5.89 per barrel to $22.63 per 13 barrel. 14 Code section 123.136(2), concerning the allocation of 15 revenue derived from the barrel tax, is amended. The bill 16 provides that of the tax revenue collected, an amount equal to 17 $8.37 shall each be appropriated to the governor’s office of 18 drug control policy and to the Iowa department of public health 19 for substance abuse treatment and prevention programs. The 20 bill provides that all remaining revenue derived shall accrue 21 to the general fund of the state. 22 -2- LSB 1889YH (2) 88 ec/rn 2/ 2
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