AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages, and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 243.884 to increase the wholesale sales tax rate for beer, wine, and distilled spirits to 14 percent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to forbid local governments from imposing a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 242.1292 to conform; amend KRS 243.030 to create the supplemental transporter's license and establish a $100 annual fee; amend KRS 244.440 to require that every distiller, rectifier, winery, and nonresident wholesaler make its brands available to any wholesaler and not grant the distributing rights of any particular brand to only one wholesaler exclusively; amend KRS 243.170 to require that alcohol wholesalers make deliveries to retailers on a timely basis and no later than one week after the order date; amend KRS 243.180 to require that alcohol distributors make deliveries to retailers on a timely basis and no later than one week after the order date; amend KRS 243.200 to permit a quota retail package licensee or a nonquota malt beverage package licensee to transport alcoholic beverages between stores of common ownership if the licensee derives not less than 90 percent of his or her cash receipts from the sale of alcohol and pays the annual license fee; amend KRS 244.040 to allow a brewer or distributor to extend credit on malt beverages sold to retailers for up to 30 days; amend KRS 243.110, 243.157, and 243.360 to make conforming changes; repeal KRS 243.075 and 243.886; APPROPRIATION.
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Introduced Jan 8, 2018
Last action Jan 10, 2018
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Jan 10, 2018
House · Referred to committee
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Jan 8, 2018
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