HB 1606-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1606-FN
AN ACT relative to coupons and rebates used to purchase alcohol.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19
This bill prohibits the redemption of rebates on coupons by off-sale alcoholic beverage retailers.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2724
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to coupons and rebates used to purchase alcohol.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Consumer Advertising Specialties and Coupons. Amend RSA 179:30 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. No rebates or coupons for price reductions on beverages, wine, or liquor shall be redeemed by an off-sale retailer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
06-2724
11/10/05
HB 1606-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to coupons and rebates used to purchase alcohol.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Liquor Commission indicates this bill will decrease state unrestricted general fund revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2006 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Commission states this bill prohibits the use of coupons or rebates by off-premise beverage licensees. The Commission indicates that as a result, state unrestricted general fund revenue will decrease from two revenue sources; wine and beer sales will decrease and the Commission will no longer receive depletion allowances (rebates on product purchases from spirit and wine brokers). The Commission states that wine sales in supermarkets and grocery stores will be negatively impacted upon implementation of this legislation but the extent of the sales decrease is indeterminable. The Commission estimates that the loss of depletion allowances will total approximately $18 million per year, based on the 2005 allowance total.