Move ABC to Independent Agencies and Administration of Compliance Efforts
Item 474.10 #1s
Item 474.10 #1s | First Year - FY2025 | Second Year - FY2026 | |
| Independent Agencies |
| Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority | FY2025 $36,270,853 | FY2026 $31,123,973 | NGF |
Language
Page 526, before "§ 1.137. State Corporation Commission", insert:
"Authority: § 4.1-100 through § 4.1-133, Code of Virginia.
A. No funds appropriated for this program shall be used for enforcement personnel to enforce local ordinances.
B. Revenues of the fund appropriated in this Item and Item 381 of this act are limited to those received pursuant to Title 4, Code of Virginia, except taxes collected by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
C. By September 1 of each year, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall report for the prior fiscal year the dollar amount of total wine liter tax collections in Virginia; the portion, expressed in dollars, of such tax collections attributable to the sale of Virginia wine in both ABC stores and in private stores; and, the percentage of total wine liter tax collections attributable to the sale of Virginia wine. Such report shall be submitted to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, Director, Department of Planning and Budget and the Virginia Wine Board.
D. Included in this appropriation for this item is $839,752 the first year and $839,752 the second year from the Enterprise Fund to be used to support civilian licensing technicians.
E. Included in the appropriation for this item is $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the second year from the Enterprise Fund to support licensing agents in association with the Authority's licensing reform efforts. F. Included in the appropriation for this Item is $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the Enterprise Fund to support enforcement activities related to the unlawful direct shipment into Virginia of alcoholic beverages by unlicensed businesses and fulfillment centers."
Explanation
(This intent of this amendment is to transfer the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) from the Public Safety and Homeland Security Secretariat to Independent Agencies in the appropriation act. This amendment transfers ABC's program area related to crime detection and investigation, and a companion amendment transfers ABC's remaining program area related to alcoholic beverage merchandising. The amendment also increases ABC's nongeneral fund appropriation to account for adoption legislation. It is the intent that additional technical amendments to transfer the Cannabis Control Authority to Independent Agencies shall be included upon enrollment.)