Bill Text: IA HF885 | 2021-2022 | 89th 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) 2021-04-21 - Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 985. [HF885 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF885-Introduced.html
House File 885 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 885 BY SALMON 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 2310YH (2) 89 jm/jh
H.F. 885 Section 1. Section 123.136, Code 2021, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 123.136 Barrel tax. 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 4 , a tax of five eight and eighty-nine 13 ninety-nine 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 by a 17 class “A” beer permittee or special class “A” beer permittee or 18 on beer sold to a class “A” beer permittee by a special class 19 “A” beer permittee or another class “A” beer permittee. 20 2. All revenue Revenue derived from the barrel tax shall be 21 distributed as follows: 22 a. An amount equal to three and ten-hundredths dollars for 23 every barrel, and at a like rate for any other quantity or for 24 the fractional part of a barrel, shall be appropriated to the 25 governor’s office of drug control policy, as referred to in 26 section 80E.1, for substance abuse prevention and treatment, 27 and for alcohol and controlled substance related enforcement. 28 b. All remaining revenues derived from the barrel tax shall 29 accrue to the state general fund. 30 3. All of the provisions of this chapter relating to the 31 administration of the barrel tax on beer shall apply to this 32 section . 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 2310YH (2) 89 jm/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 885 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill provides for an increase in the barrel tax on 2 beer and appropriates the amount of the revenue derived 3 from the barrel tax increase for substance abuse prevention 4 and treatment, and for alcohol and controlled substance 5 enforcement. 6 The bill increases the tax on a gallon of beer by 10 cents, 7 which constitutes an increase of the barrel tax on beer from 8 $5.89 per barrel to $8.99 per barrel. There are 31 gallons of 9 beer in a barrel. 10 The bill provides that the amount of revenue derived from 11 the barrel tax increase is appropriated to the governor’s 12 office of drug control policy for substance abuse prevention 13 and treatment, and for alcohol and controlled substance 14 enforcement. The bill provides that all remaining revenues 15 derived from the barrel tax shall accrue to the general fund of 16 the state, which is the same as current law. 17 -2- LSB 2310YH (2) 89 jm/jh 2/ 2
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