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House
File
830
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
830
BY
BAETH
and
WILZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
wholesale
price
of
alcoholic
liquor
1
offered
for
sale
by
the
department
of
revenue.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
1452YH
(3)
91
ll/ns
H.F.
830
Section
1.
Section
123.24,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
1
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
manufacturer’s
price
or
the
minimum
unit
price,
3
whichever
is
greater
.
4
b.
A
markup
of
up
to
fifty
percent
of
the
wholesale
price
5
paid
by
the
department
for
the
alcoholic
liquor
or
the
minimum
6
unit
price,
whichever
is
greater
.
The
department
may
increase
7
the
markup
on
selected
kinds
of
alcoholic
liquor
sold
by
the
8
department
if
the
average
return
to
the
department
on
all
sales
9
of
alcoholic
liquor
does
not
exceed
the
wholesale
price
paid
by
10
the
department
or
the
minimum
unit
price,
whichever
is
greater,
11
and
the
fifty
percent
markup.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
123.24,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“minimum
15
unit
price”
means
an
amount
equal
to
fifty
cents
per
eighteen
16
milliliters
of
alcohol
in
the
package
of
alcoholic
liquor,
as
17
determined
by
the
department.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
Under
current
law,
the
price
of
alcoholic
liquor
sold
by
22
the
department
of
revenue
(department)
to
class
“E”
retail
23
alcohol
licensees
(licensees)
consists
of,
among
other
things,
24
the
manufacturer’s
price
and
a
markup
of
up
to
50
percent
of
25
the
wholesale
price
paid
by
the
department
for
the
alcoholic
26
liquor.
The
department
is
the
sole
wholesaler
of
alcoholic
27
liquor
sold
to
licensees
located
in
this
state.
Licensees
are
28
authorized
to
sell
liquor,
wine,
and
beer
in
original
unopened
29
containers
at
retail
to
patrons
for
consumption
off
the
30
licensed
premises.
Licensees
may
also
sell
alcoholic
liquor,
31
high
alcoholic
content
beer,
and
limited
quantities
of
beer
and
32
wine
at
wholesale
to
other
retail
alcohol
licensees.
33
This
bill
provides
that
if
the
minimum
unit
price
of
the
34
alcoholic
liquor
is
higher
than
the
manufacturer’s
price
35
-1-
LSB
1452YH
(3)
91
ll/ns
1/
2
H.F.
830
or,
for
purposes
of
the
50
percent
markup,
higher
than
the
1
wholesale
price
paid
by
the
department,
the
minimum
unit
price
2
is
used
to
calculate
the
price
of
the
alcoholic
liquor
sold
3
by
the
department.
The
minimum
unit
price
is
an
amount
equal
4
to
50
cents
per
18
milliliters
of
alcohol
in
the
package
of
5
alcoholic
liquor,
as
determined
by
the
department.
6
-2-
LSB
1452YH
(3)
91
ll/ns
2/
2