Senate File 276 - Introduced



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  HOUSER, SEYMOUR, TINSMAN,
                                        KETTERING, WIECK, JOHNSON,
                                        BOETTGER, BRUNKHORST, McKINLEY,
                                        CONNOLLY, WOOD, HANCOCK,
                                        KIBBIE, COURTNEY, and SENG



    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the transfer of wine sale revenues to the
  2    grape and wine development fund.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2783SS 81
  5 rn/pj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 123.53, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  The treasurer of state shall transfer
  1  4 to the grape and wine development fund established in section
  1  5 175A.5 a sum of money equal to five percent of the gross
  1  6 amount of wine sales made by the division from the beer and
  1  7 liquor control fund on a monthly basis.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 123.53, subsection 4, Code 2005, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    4.  The treasurer of state, after making the transfer
  1 11 transfers provided for in subsection subsections 3 and 3A,
  1 12 shall transfer to the division from the beer and liquor
  1 13 control fund and before any other transfer to the general
  1 14 fund, an amount sufficient to pay the costs incurred by the
  1 15 division for collecting and properly disposing of the liquor
  1 16 containers.
  1 17    Sec. 3.  Section 175A.5, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 18 amended to read as follows:
  1 19    1.  A grape and wine development fund is created in the
  1 20 state treasury under the control of the department.  The fund
  1 21 is composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and
  1 22 moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department
  1 23 from the United States or private sources for placement in the
  1 24 fund.  The fund shall include moneys deposited into the fund
  1 25 from the beer and liquor control fund as provided in section
  1 26 123.53, and from the wine gallonage tax as provided in section
  1 27 123.183.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that the treasurer of state shall
  1 30 transfer on a monthly basis from the beer and liquor control
  1 31 fund to the grape and wine development fund established in
  1 32 Code section 175A.5 an amount equal to 5 percent of gross wine
  1 33 sale revenues.  The amount transferred would be added to other
  1 34 amounts deposited into the fund and used to carry out grape
  1 35 and wine development programs as provided in Code section
  2  1 175A.4.
  2  2 LSB 2783SS 81
  2  3 rn:nh/pj/5