House File 731 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,
REGULATION AND LABOR
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 187)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act concerning state liquor activities, including liquor
2 prices set by the alcoholic beverages division, moneys
3 appropriated from liquor sale revenues for substance abuse
4 treatment, and state liquor warehouse operations.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 123.24, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The division shall sell alcoholic liquor at wholesale
1 4 only. The division shall sell alcoholic liquor to class "E"
1 5 liquor control licensees only. The division shall offer the
1 6 same price on alcoholic liquor to all class "E" liquor control
1 7 licensees without regard for the quantity of purchase or the
1 8 distance for delivery. However, the division may assess a
1 9 split=case charge when liquor is sold in quantities which
1 10 require a case to be split.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 123.53, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
1 12 amended to read as follows:
1 13 3. The treasurer of state shall transfer into a special
1 14 revenue account in the general fund of the state, a sum of
1 15 money at least equal to seven percent of the gross amount of
1 16 sales made by the division from the beer and liquor control
1 17 fund on a monthly basis but not less than nine million dollars
1 18 annually, and any amounts so. Of the amounts transferred, two
1 19 million dollars, plus an additional amount determined by the
1 20 general assembly, shall be used by appropriated to the
1 21 substance abuse division of the Iowa department of public
1 22 health to be used for substance abuse treatment and prevention
1 23 programs in an amount determined by the general assembly and
1 24 any. Any amounts received in excess of the amounts
1 25 appropriated to the substance abuse division of the Iowa
1 26 department of public health shall be considered part of the
1 27 general fund balance.
1 28 Sec. 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION == STATE LIQUOR
1 29 WAREHOUSE FUNCTIONS. Notwithstanding sections 7J.1 and
1 30 123.20, subsection 4, and any other applicable provision of
1 31 law, the alcoholic beverages division of the department of
1 32 commerce shall not employ or add full=time equivalent
1 33 positions for purposes of the state assuming the state liquor
1 34 warehouse functions performed by a private contractor as of
1 35 April 1, 2004. The division shall issue a request for
2 1 proposals or otherwise utilize a competitive process to select
2 2 a successor private contractor to perform the state liquor
2 3 warehouse functions.
2 4 EXPLANATION
2 5 This bill relates to the sale of liquor by the alcoholic
2 6 beverages division of the department of commerce.
2 7 Code section 123.24 is amended to eliminate the requirement
2 8 that the alcoholic beverages division offer the same price on
2 9 alcoholic liquors sold by the division to class "E" liquor
2 10 control licensees without regard to the quantity of purchase
2 11 or distance for delivery.
2 12 Code section 123.53 is amended to provide for an
2 13 appropriation of $2 million annually, plus any additional
2 14 amount appropriated by the general assembly, to the department
2 15 of public health for substance abuse prevention programs from
2 16 moneys transferred to a special revenue account from sales of
2 17 liquor by the division. Current law provides only that the
2 18 general assembly establish the amount to be appropriated for
2 19 this purpose out of these revenues.
2 20 The bill also provides that the alcoholic beverages
2 21 division shall not employ or add positions for the purpose of
2 22 the state assuming the state liquor warehouse functions
2 23 previously performed by a private contractor. The bill
2 24 requires the division to issue a request for proposals to
2 25 select a private contractor to perform state liquor warehouse
2 26 functions.
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