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H0568.....................................................by APPROPRIATIONS
LIQUOR ACCOUNT - Amends existing law to provide additional distribution of
moneys in the Liquor Account to the Community College Account.
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H0568
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 568
BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS IN THE LIQUOR ACCOUNT; AMENDING SECTION
3 23-404, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS IN THE
4 LIQUOR ACCOUNT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCOUNT.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 23-404, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 23-404. DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS IN LIQUOR ACCOUNT. (1) The moneys received
9 into the liquor account shall be transferred or appropriated as follows:
10 (a) An amount of money equal to the actual cost of purchase of alcoholic
11 liquor and payment of expenses of administration and operation of the dis-
12 pensary, as determined by the superintendent and certified quarterly to
13 the state controller, shall be transferred back to the dispensary; pro-
14 vided, that the amount so transferred back for administration and opera-
15 tion of the dispensary shall not exceed the amount authorized to be
16 expended by regular appropriation authorization.
17 (b) From the balance remaining after transferring the amounts authorized
18 by subsection (a) above:
19 (i) One million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) shall be
20 transferred annually to the alcoholism treatment account, which is
21 hereby created in the trust and agency fund;
22 (ii) Three Six hundred thousand dollars ($3600,000) shall be trans-
23 ferred annually to the community college account, created by section
24 33-2139, Idaho Code;
25 (iii) One million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) shall be
26 transferred annually to the public school income fund, as defined in
27 section 33-903, Idaho Code;
28 (iv) Four million nine hundred forty-five thousand dollars
29 ($4,945,000) shall be transferred annually to the general account in
30 the state operating fund; and
31 (v) Six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) shall be trans-
32 ferred annually to the cooperative welfare account in the dedicated
33 fund.
34 (c) Forty percent (40%) of the balance remaining after the transfers
35 authorized by paragraphs (a) and (b) above have been made is hereby appro-
36 priated to and shall be paid to the several counties. Each county shall be
37 entitled to an amount in the proportion that liquor sales through the dis-
38 pensary in that county during the state's previous fiscal year bear to
39 total liquor sales through the dispensary in the state during the state's
40 previous fiscal year, except that no county shall be entitled to an amount
41 less than that county received in distributions from the liquor account
42 during the state's fiscal year 1981.
43 (d) Sixty percent (60%) of the balance remaining after the transfers
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1 authorized by paragraphs (a) and (b) above have been made is hereby appro-
2 priated to and shall be paid to the several cities as follows:
3 (i) Ninety percent (90%) of the amount appropriated to the cities
4 shall be distributed to those cities which have a liquor store or
5 distribution station located within the corporate limits of the city.
6 Each such city shall be entitled to an amount in the proportion that
7 liquor sales through the dispensary in that city during the state's
8 previous fiscal year bear to total liquor sales through the dispen-
9 sary in the state during the state's previous fiscal year, except
10 that no city shall be entitled to an amount less than that city
11 received in distributions from the liquor account during the state's
12 fiscal year 1981;
13 (ii) Ten percent (10%) of the amount appropriated to the cities
14 shall be distributed to those cities which do not have a liquor store
15 or distribution station located within the corporate limits of the
16 city. Each such city shall be entitled to an amount in the proportion
17 that that city's population bears to the population of all cities in
18 the state which do not have a liquor store or distribution station
19 located within the corporate limits of the city, except that no city
20 shall be entitled to an amount less than that city received in dis-
21 tributions from the liquor account during the state's fiscal year
22 1981.
23 (2) All transfers and distributions shall be made periodically, but not
24 less frequently than quarterly but, the apportionments made to any county or
25 city, which may during the succeeding three (3) year period be found to have
26 been in error either of computation or transmittal, shall be corrected during
27 the fiscal year of discovery by a reduction of apportionments in the case of
28 over-apportionment or by an increase of apportionments in the case of under-
29 apportionment. The decision of the superintendent on entitlements of counties
30 and cities shall be final, and shall not be subject to judicial review.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09870
The purpose of the legislation is to change the distribution of moneys in
the Liquor Account. This legislation increases from $300,000 to $600,000 that
shall be appropriated annually to the Community College Account, created by
Section 33-2139, Idaho Code. This legislation amends Idaho Code 23-404 (b)(ii).
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to the General Fund.
Contact
Name: Rep. Jim Clark
Rep. Maxine Bell
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 568