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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Griego

 

DATE TYPED:

2/222/03

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Increase Liquor License Fees

 

SB

574

 

 

ANALYST:

Maloy

 

REVENUE

 

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

Or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

 

$100.0

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Responses Received From

Alcohol and Gaming Division, Regulation and Licensing Department

Office of the Attorney General

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 574 proposes to increase the fees for annual renewal of retailer dispenser, canopy, and restaurant licenses by $50.  The bill also proposes to increase the application fee for the issuance of new, and for transfers, of liquor licenses by $50. 

 

     Significant Issues

 

The Alcohol and Gaming Division asserts that the  proposed fee increase would support adding one FTE to the Division.  This would replace an FTE that had been lost over the course of the last eight years because of budget cuts.  This additional FTE will increase the overall effectiveness of the regulation of alcohol licenses.

 

The annual renewal fees have not been increased since 1993, and applications for new and transfers of license fees have not been increased since 1981.

 


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The Alcohol and Gaming Division estimates the proposed fee increases will result in a $100.0 increase in revenue to the general fund.

 

The Division would   like to see some of the $100.0 appropriated back to support another FTE.

 

SJM/njw