1994-05-07                     Senate Journal                      Page 4471
SB 372                                                                       
Senator Pearce moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption              
of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page 4346.  Senator             
Ellis objected, then withdrew his objection.  There being no further           
objections, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 372(FIN) "An Act relating                   
to community local options for control of alcoholic beverages;                 
relating to the control of alcoholic beverages; relating to the                
definition of `alcoholic beverage'; relating to purchase and sale of           
alcoholic beverages; relating to alcohol server education courses; and         
providing for an effective date" was adopted.                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 372(FIN) was read the second time.                      
                                                                               
Senator Taylor moved and asked unanimous consent that CS FOR                   
SENATE BILL NO. 372(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to                  
third reading and placed on final passage.  Senator Little objected.           
                                                                               
Senator Taylor moved and asked unanimous consent that his motion               
to advance the bill be withdrawn.  Without objection, it was so                
ordered.                                                                       
                                                                               
Senator Jacko offered Amendment No. 1 :                                         
                                                                               
Add a new section to read:                                                     
     AS 04.21.010(c) is amended to read:                                       
	(c)  A municipality may not impose taxes on                                  
alcoholic beverages except a                                                   
		(1)  property tax on alcoholic beverage                                     
inventories;                                                                   
		(2)  sales tax on alcoholic beverage sales if                               
sales taxes are imposed on other sales within the                              
municipality; a sales tax imposed on alcoholic beverages                     
in a municipality with a population of 2,500 or fewer                          
people or in a municipality that had a population of                           
2,500 or fewer people on July1, 1993, may be equal to                          
or higher than the sales tax imposed on other sales                            
within the municipality but may not be lower than the                          
sales tax imposed on other sales within the municipality;                    
		(3)  sales tax on alcoholic beverage sales                                  
that was in effect before July1, 1985; and