PRINTER'S NO.  1635

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1387

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BARRAR, MARSHALL, MOUL, MULLERY AND SWANGER, APRIL 26, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 26, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 9, 1936 (Sp.Sess. 1, P.L.13, No.4),

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entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act imposing an

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emergency State tax on liquor, as herein defined, sold by the

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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing for the

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collection and payment of such tax; and imposing duties upon

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the Department of Revenue and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control

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Board," further providing for the emergency tax on liquor.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 2 of the act of June 9, 1936 (Sp.Sess. 1,

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P.L.13, No.4), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act

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imposing an emergency State tax on liquor, as herein defined,

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sold by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing for the

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collection and payment of such tax; and imposing duties upon the

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Department of Revenue and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control

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Board," reenacted and amended May 29, 1951 (P.L.479, No.112) and

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amended January 1, 1968 (1967 P.L.917, No.413), is amended to

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read:

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Section 2.  (a)  An emergency State tax is hereby imposed and

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assessed at the rate of eighteen per centum of the net price of

 


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all liquors sold by the board. The tax herein imposed shall be

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collected by the board from the purchasers of the liquor from

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the board. [The] As of January 1, 2010, the amount of such

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eighteen per centum so collected by the board, under the

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provisions of this act, shall be paid into the State Treasury,

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through the department, in the manner and within the times

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herein specified, and shall be credited to the General Fund.

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(b)  As of January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the rate of tax

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imposed under subsection (a) shall be as follows:

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(1)  From January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, the

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rate of tax shall be nine per centum.

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(2)  From January 1, 2012, and thereafter, the rate of tax

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shall be zero per centum.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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