HB0169 • 2021

Alcoholic liquors-markup amount.

AN ACT relating to alcoholic liquors; increasing the maximum profit to the state from the sale of alcoholic liquors; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Connolly
Last action: 2021-04-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status is inactive, meaning it did not pass and no longer moves in the current session.

Increasing State Profit from Alcoholic Liquor Sales

The bill aims to raise the maximum profit that the state of Wyoming can earn from selling alcoholic liquors by increasing the markup percentage.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to allow a higher profit for the state when selling alcoholic drinks.
Updates the rules about how much money the state can make from selling alcoholic drinks.

Who It Names or Affects

The Wyoming Liquor Division, which sells alcoholic drinks.
Businesses that buy liquor from the state to sell it to customers.

Terms To Know

Markup: The extra amount added to the cost of a product when selling it to make a profit.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and is no longer active.
The new markup percentage only applies if the law changes are approved by the legislature.

Bill History

2021-04-07 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2021-03-22 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2021-03-04 House
:Rerefer to H06 - Travel
2021-03-03 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2021-03-01 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-02-27 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0586
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0586
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0169

Alcoholic liquors-markup amount.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Connolly, Harshman, Roscoe, Sweeney, Yin and Zwonitzer and Senator(s) Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to alcoholic liquors; increasing the maximum profit to the state from the sale of alcoholic liquors; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 12
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2
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303(a) is amended to read:

12
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2
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303.

Purchase and sale of alcoholic liquors; shortages.

(a)

The Wyoming liquor division shall purchase and sell alcoholic liquors to qualified licensees within the
state including, at the discretion of the division, any retail distributors or permittees operating within any military post or national park located within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, sales shall be made at prices sufficient to return the cost of merchandise and all expenses of operation together with a profit, not to exceed
seventeen and six‑tenths percent (17.6%)
twenty and six
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tenths percent (20.6%)
above the cost of the merchandise.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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