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EXHIBIT A <br /> THE .B. NO. <br /> TWENTY- LEGISLATURE, 2013 <br /> STATE OF HAWAII <br /> A BILL FOR AN ACT <br /> RELATING TO GALLONAGE TAX ON LIQUOR <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Section 244D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: <br /> "§244D-4 Tax; limitations. (a) Every person who sells or uses any liquor in the State not <br /> taxable under this chapter, in respect of the transaction by which the person or the person's <br /> vendor acquired the liquor, shall pay a gallonage tax which is hereby imposed at the following <br /> rates for the various liquor categories defined in section 244D-1: <br /> For the period July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, the tax rate shall be: <br /> (1) $5.92 per wine gallon on distilled spirits; <br /> (2) $2.09 per wine gallon on sparkling wine; <br /> (3) $1.36 per wine gallon on still wine; <br /> (4) $0.84 per wine gallon on cooler beverages; <br /> (5) $0.92 per wine gallon on beer other than draft beer; <br /> (6) $0.53 per wine gallon on draft beer; <br /> [On] For the period July 1, 1998, [and thereafter,] to June 30, 2014, the tax rate shall be: <br /> (1) $5.98 per wine gallon on distilled spirits; <br /> (2) $2.12 per wine gallon on sparkling wine; <br /> (3) $1.38 per wine gallon on still wine; <br /> (4) $0.85 per wine gallon on cooler beverages; <br /> (5) $0.93 per wine gallon on beer other than draft beer; <br /> 1 <br />