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2017 Session

Budget Bill - HB1500 (Chapter 836)

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Item 386

Item 386

First Year - FY2017Second Year - FY2018
Crime Detection, Investigation, and Apprehension (30400)$18,673,377$18,673,377
Enforcement and Regulation of Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws (30403)FY2017 $18,673,377FY2018 $18,673,377
Fund Sources:  
EnterpriseFY2017 $17,973,377FY2018 $17,973,377
Federal TrustFY2017 $700,000FY2018 $700,000

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 387 of this act are limited to those received pursuant to Title 4, Code of Virginia, excepting 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 Committees, Director, Department of Planning and Budget and the Virginia Wine Board.


D. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall conduct a review of its current application and licensing fees as established in the Code of Virginia, with regard to the adequacy of the current fee structure in covering the actual cost of regulating the alcoholic beverage industry in the Commonwealth. In conducting its review, the department shall consider the actual costs involved in issuing a license, regulating that license, and adjudicating violations against a license, as well as the actual cost of collecting all fees. The department shall provide its findings and any recommendations to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Chairmen of the House Committees on General Laws and Appropriations, and the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Rehabilitation and Social Services and Finance by November 1, 2017.


E. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall convey ownership and possession of its mobile command vehicle to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management no later than July 1, 2017.