Senate File 55 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KIBBIE


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to fees for specified beer permits.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1551XS 81
  4 rn/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 123.129, subsection 4, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  States the number of square feet of interior floor
  1  4 space which comprises the retail sales area of the premises
  1  5 for which the permit is sought, the number of square feet of
  1  6 interior floor space of the retail sales area which is devoted
  1  7 to the sale of alcoholic beverages, and the resulting
  1  8 proportion, expressed as a percentage, of interior floor space
  1  9 devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 123.134, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    3.  The annual permit fee for a class "C" permit shall be
  1 13 graduated on the basis of the amount proportion of interior
  1 14 floor space which comprises the retail sales area of the
  1 15 premises covered by the permit which is devoted to the sale of
  1 16 alcoholic beverages, as follows:
  1 17    a.  Up to one thousand five hundred square feet ten percent
  1 18 of the interior floor space devoted to the sale of alcoholic
  1 19 beverages, the sum of seventy=five dollars.
  1 20    b.  Over one thousand five hundred square feet and up to
  1 21 two thousand square feet ten percent and up to twenty percent
  1 22 of the interior floor space devoted to the sale of alcoholic
  1 23 beverages, the sum of one hundred dollars.
  1 24    c.  Over two thousand and up to five thousand square feet
  1 25 twenty percent and up to thirty percent of the interior floor
  1 26 space devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages, the sum of
  1 27 two hundred dollars.
  1 28    d.  Over five thousand square feet thirty percent of the
  1 29 interior floor space devoted to the sale of alcoholic
  1 30 beverages, the sum of three hundred dollars.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill provides for a change in the method by which
  1 33 annual license fees for class "C" beer permits are calculated.
  1 34 Class "C" beer permits are issued strictly to grocery stores
  1 35 and pharmacies pursuant to Code section 123.129.
  2  1    Currently, Code section 123.134 imposes a graduated license
  2  2 fee which is based on the square footage of the interior floor
  2  3 space of a premises which is devoted to retail sales.  The
  2  4 bill provides that instead of graduated fees based on square
  2  5 footage, the fees shall be graduated based on the proportion
  2  6 of interior floor space of a premises, regardless of size,
  2  7 which is devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages.  The bill
  2  8 maintains the current fee amounts, but provides that they will
  2  9 be imposed in categories corresponding to proportions of
  2 10 retail floor space devoted to alcoholic beverage sales of up
  2 11 to 10, 20, 30, and over 30 percent, respectively.
  2 12    The bill provides that in submitting an application for a
  2 13 class "C" beer permit, an applicant shall, in addition to the
  2 14 current requirement of specifying the number of square feet of
  2 15 interior floor space which comprises the retail sales area of
  2 16 the premises, also specify the number of square feet of
  2 17 interior floor space of the retail sales area which is devoted
  2 18 to the sale of alcoholic beverages, and the resulting
  2 19 proportion, expressed as a percentage, of interior floor space
  2 20 devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
  2 21 LSB 1551XS 81
  2 22 rn:rj/cf/24