Bill Text: MA H2941 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increase the excise tax on alcoholic beverages to provide for the recruitment and training of police officers in cities and towns
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 4/7 at 10:00 AM in Gardner Auditorium [H2941 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2941-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act increasing the excise tax on alcoholic beverages.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3910 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act increasing the excise tax on alcoholic beverages.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the excise on alcohol as described in section 21 of chapter 138 of the General Laws shall be increased by five cents in each category delineated therein except alcohol sold in containers of one gallon or less which shall be increased by three cents. Collection and payment of the additional excise shall be as described in said section 21.
SECTION 2. All of the revenue received as a result of the additional excise shall be used by the municipal police training committee for recruit, veteran in-service and specialty training for town and city police officers.
