Session of 2000
         
HOUSE BILL No. 2870
         
By Representative Sloan
         
2-7
         

  9             AN  ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; concerning certain licensees;
10             relating to bond requirements; amending K.S.A. 41-301, 41-316, 41-
11             317, 41-502, 79-4106 and 79-41a03 and repealing the existing sections.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. K.S.A. 41-301 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-
15       301. The director shall issue to qualified applicants, who have filed the
16       bond and paid the registration and license fees required by this act and
17       who have filed the bond if required by this act, licenses to sell alcoholic
18       liquor at retail in the original package within the corporate limits of cities
19       and outside the corporate limits of cities in certain townships as provided
20       in this act: Provided, That. No such retailer's license shall be issued for
21       any premises within any city of the first or second class wherein a majority
22       of the qualified electors of such city who voted on the proposition to
23       amend section 10 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas
24       at the general election held in November, 1948, shall have voted against
25       the adoption of such proposition or in cities any city of the third class
26       located in a township, or townships, wherein a majority of the qualified
27       electors of such township, or townships, who voted on said such propo-
28       sition to amend the constitution at said such election shall have voted
29       against its adoption, until a majority of the qualified electors of such city
30       voting at an election held as provided by K.S.A. 41-302, and amendments
31       thereto, shall have declared by their votes to be in favor of the licensing
32       of the sale of alcoholic liquor by the package in such city.
33             Sec.  2. K.S.A. 41-316 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-316.
34       Licenses to manufacturers, distributors, microbreweries, farm wineries
35       and nonbeverage users of alcoholic liquors shall be issued and renewed
36       by the director to qualified applicants upon written application, receipt
37       of bond properly executed, if required by the director, and payment in
38       advance of the state registration fee and the license fee.
39             Sec.  3. K.S.A. 41-317 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-317.
40       (a) Applications for all licenses under this act shall be upon forms pre-
41       scribed and furnished by the director and shall be filed with the director
42       in duplicate. Each application shall be accompanied by a state registration
43       fee of $50 for each initial application and $10 for each renewal application


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  1       to defray the cost of preparing and furnishing standard forms incident to
  2       the administration of this act and the cost of processing the application.
  3       Each application shall also shall be accompanied by a deposit of a certified
  4       or cashier's check of a bank within this state, United States post office
  5       money order or cash in the full amount of the license fee required to be
  6       paid for the kind of license applied for, which license fee shall be returned
  7       to the applicant if the application is denied. All registration fees shall be
  8       paid into the state treasury by the director and shall be credited to the
  9       state general fund. All license fees received by the director, including fees
10       received for licenses to manufacture beer, regardless of its alcoholic con-
11       tent, shall be paid into the state treasury by the director and shall be
12       credited to the state general fund.
13             (b) Every Except as provided by subsection (d), an applicant for a
14       manufacturer's, distributor's, nonbeverage user's, microbrewery, farm
15       winery or retailer's license shall file with the application a joint and several
16       bond on a form prescribed by the director and executed by good and
17       sufficient corporate sureties licensed to do business within the state of
18       Kansas to the director, in the following amounts:
19             (1) For a manufacturer, $25,000;
20             (2) for a spirits distributor, $15,000 or an amount equal to the highest
21       monthly liability of the distributor for taxes imposed by the Kansas liquor
22       control act for any of the 12 months immediately prior to renewal of the
23       distributor's license, whichever amount is greater;
24             (3) for a beer or wine distributor, $5,000 or an amount equal to the
25       highest monthly liability of the distributor for taxes imposed by the Kansas
26       liquor control act for any of the 12 months immediately prior to renewal
27       of the distributor's license, whichever amount is greater;
28             (4) for a retailer, $2,000;
29             (5) for nonbeverage users, $200 for class 1, $500 for class 2, $1,000
30       for class 3, $5,000 for class 4 and $10,000 for class 5; and
31             (6) for a microbrewery or a farm winery, $2,000.
32             If a distributor holds or applies for more than one distributor's license,
33       only one bond for all such licenses shall be required, which bond shall be
34       in an amount equal to the highest applicable bond.
35             (c) All bonds required by this section shall be conditioned on the
36       licensee's compliance with the provisions of this act and payment of all
37       taxes, fines and forfeitures which may be assessed against the licensee.
38             (d) The director shall waive the bond required by this section for any
39       licensee who during the 12 months preceding the date of application has
40       complied with the provisions of the Kansas liquor control act and has not
41       been delinquent in the payment of any taxes or fees imposed under the
42       Kansas liquor control act during such time period. When, in the judgment
43       of the director, it becomes necessary in order to secure the collection of


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  1       any tax, penalty or interest due thereon, the director may require such
  2       licensee to file the bond required by subsection (b). The director shall
  3       adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
  4       this subsection.
  5             Sec.  4. K.S.A. 41-502 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-502.
  6       (a) The secretary of revenue shall prescribe, by rules and regulations
  7       adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 41-210, and amendments thereto, and de-
  8       signed to protect the revenue of this state, a method of reporting, paying
  9       and collecting the tax imposed by K.S.A. 41-501, and amendments
10       thereto, other than the affixture to original packages of alcoholic liquor
11       of stamps or other visible evidence of the payment of such tax. Such tax
12       shall be paid on or before the 15th day of the calendar month next suc-
13       ceeding the month in which the distributor acquires possession of alco-
14       holic liquors made taxable by the provisions of K.S.A. 41-501, and amend-
15       ments thereto. The reporting and payment thereof within the time
16       prescribed by this section and in the manner prescribed by the rules and
17       regulations shall constitute a compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 41-
18       501, and amendments thereto.
19             (b) Whenever, in the judgment of the secretary of revenue, it is nec-
20       essary, in order to secure the collection of any tax, penalties or interest
21       due, or to become due, under the provisions of K.S.A. 41-501 through 41-
22       510, and amendments thereto, the secretary may require any person sub-
23       ject to such tax to file a bond with the director of taxation under conditions
24       established by and in such form and amount as prescribed by rules and
25       regulations adopted by the secretary. The secretary shall not require a
26       bond to be filed under this section by a person subject to the tax who
27       during the preceding twelve-month period has complied with the provi-
28       sions of the Kansas liquor control act and has not been delinquent in the
29       payment of any taxes or fees imposed under the club and drinking estab-
30       lishment act or the provisions of K.S.A. 41-501 through 41-510, and
31       amendments thereto.
32             Sec.  5. K.S.A. 79-4106 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
33       4106. The director of taxation shall administer the provisions of article 41
34       of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. The secretary of revenue
35       shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions and
36       intent of K.S.A. 79-4101 to 79-4105, inclusive through 79-4108, and
37       amendments thereto. The director of taxation shall appoint such agents
38       and employees as he or she may deem deemed necessary for the proper
39       enforcement and administration of said sections K.S.A. 79-4101 through
40       79-4108, and amendments thereto. When, in the judgment of said the
41       director of taxation, it is necessary in order to secure the collection of any
42       such tax, penalties or interest due thereon, or to become due under said
43       sections, he or she the provisions of K.S.A. 79-4101 through 79-4108, and


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  1       amendments thereto, the director may require any person subject to such
  2       tax to file a bond with him or her the director in such form and amount
  3       as he or she the director may prescribe. The director shall not require a
  4       bond to be filed under this section by any licensee who, during the pre-
  5       ceding twelve-month period, has complied with the provisions of the Kan-
  6       sas liquor control act and the club and drinking establishment act and
  7       has not been delinquent in the payment of any taxes or fees imposed under
  8       the Kansas liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act or
  9       K.S.A. 79-4101 through 79-4108, and amendments thereto, during such
10       time period.
11             Sec.  6. K.S.A. 79-41a03 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
12       41a03. (a) The tax levied and collected pursuant to K.S.A. 79-41a02, and
13       amendments thereto, shall become due and payable by the club, caterer,
14       drinking establishment or temporary permit holder monthly, or on or
15       before the 25th day of the month immediately succeeding the month in
16       which it is collected, but. Any club, caterer, drinking establishment or
17       temporary permit holder filing an annual or quarterly return under the
18       Kansas retailers' sales tax act, as prescribed in K.S.A. 79-3607, and amend-
19       ments thereto, shall, upon such conditions as the secretary of revenue
20       may prescribe, shall pay the tax required by this act on the same basis
21       and at the same time the club, caterer, drinking establishment or tem-
22       porary permit holder pays such retailers' sales tax. Each club, caterer,
23       drinking establishment or temporary permit holder shall make a true re-
24       port to the department of revenue, on a form prescribed by the secretary
25       of revenue, providing such information as may be necessary to determine
26       the amounts to which any such tax shall apply for all gross receipts derived
27       from the sale of alcoholic liquor by the club, caterer, drinking establish-
28       ment or temporary permit holder for the applicable month or months,
29       which report shall be accompanied by the tax disclosed thereby. Records
30       of gross receipts derived from the sale of alcoholic liquor shall be kept
31       separate and apart from the records of other retail sales made by a club,
32       caterer, drinking establishment or temporary permit holder in order to
33       facilitate the examination of books and records as provided herein.
34             (b) The secretary of revenue or the secretary's authorized represen-
35       tative shall have the right at all reasonable times during business hours
36       to make such examination and inspection of the books and records of a
37       club, caterer, drinking establishment or temporary permit holder as may
38       be necessary to determine the accuracy of such reports required
39       hereunder.
40             (c) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to administer and
41       collect the tax imposed hereunder and to adopt such rules and regulations
42       as may be necessary for the efficient and effective administration and
43       enforcement of the collection thereof. Whenever any club, caterer, drink-


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  1       ing establishment or temporary permit holder liable to pay the tax im-
  2       posed hereunder refuses or neglects to pay the same, the amount, in-
  3       cluding any penalty, shall be collected in the manner prescribed for the
  4       collection of the retailers' sales tax by K.S.A. 79-3617, and amendments
  5       thereto.
  6             (d) The secretary of revenue shall remit daily to the state treasurer
  7       all revenue collected under the provisions of this act. The state treasurer
  8       shall deposit the entire amount of each remittance in the state treasury.
  9       Subject to the maintenance requirements of the local alcoholic liquor
10       refund fund created under K.S.A. 79-41a09, and amendments thereto,
11       25% of the remittance shall be credited to the state general fund, 5%
12       shall be credited to the community alcoholism and intoxication programs
13       fund created by K.S.A. 41-1126, and amendments thereto, and the bal-
14       ance shall be credited to the local alcoholic liquor fund created by K.S.A.
15       79-41a04, and amendments thereto.
16             (e) Whenever, in the judgment of the secretary of revenue, it is nec-
17       essary, in order to secure the collection of any tax, penalties or interest
18       due, or to become due, under the provisions of this act, the secretary may
19       require any person subject to such tax to file a bond with the director of
20       taxation under conditions established by and in such form and amount as
21       prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary. The secre-
22       tary shall not require a bond to be filed under this section by a person
23       subject to the tax who during the preceding twelve-month period has
24       complied with the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act
25       and has not been delinquent in the payment of any taxes or fees imposed
26       under the club and drinking establishment act or the provisions of K.S.A.
27       79-41a01 through 79-41a09, and amendments thereto. 
28       Sec.  7. K.S.A. 41-301, 41-316, 41-317, 41-502, 79-4106 and 79-41a03
29       are hereby repealed.
30        Sec.  8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
31       publication in the statute book.