16-1-411. Tax on wine and hard cider. (1) (a) A tax of 27 cents per liter is imposed on table wine, except hard cider, imported by a table wine distributor or the department.
     (b) A tax of 3.7 cents per liter is imposed on hard cider imported by a table wine distributor or the department.
     (2) The tax imposed in subsection (1) must be paid by the table wine distributor by the 15th day of the month following sale of the table wine or hard cider from the table wine distributor's warehouse. Failure to file a tax return or failure to pay the tax required by this section subjects the table wine distributor to the penalties and interest provided for in 16-1-409.
     (3) The tax paid by a table wine distributor in accordance with subsection (2) must, in accordance with the provisions of 15-1-501, be distributed as follows:
     (a) 59% to the state general fund;
     (b) 31% to the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department of public health and human services for the treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of alcoholism;
     (c) 5% is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for allocation to the counties, based on population, for the purpose established in 16-1-404; and
     (d) 5% is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department for allocation to the cities and towns, based on population, for the purpose established in 16-1-405.
     (4) The tax computed and paid in accordance with this section is the only tax imposed by the state or any of its subdivisions, including cities and towns.
     (5) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
     (a) "Based on population" means:
     (i) for counties, the direct proportion that the population of each county bears to the total population of all counties as shown in the latest official federal census as adjusted by the most recent population estimates published by the U.S. bureau of the census as provided in 16-1-406; and
     (ii) for cities, the distribution described in 16-1-406; and
     (b) "Table wine" has the meaning assigned in 16-1-106, but does not include hard cider.

     History: En. Sec. 9, I.M. No. 81, app. Nov. 7, 1978; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 699, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 219, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 241, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 703, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 721, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 15, Sp. L. July 1992; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 60, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 455, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 18, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 399, L. 1997.