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February 25, 2022
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1299
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DIGEST OF HB 1299 (Updated February 23, 2022 2:06 pm - DI 140)
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-3.
Synopsis: Permit transfers and tax hold extensions. Allows the alcohol
and tobacco commission (commission) to transfer a beer wholesaler's
permit from the beer wholesaler permittee (permittee) to the permittee's
immediate relative (immediate relative) who holds a majority share in
another wholesaler permit, if: (1) the permittee is at least 75 years of
age; and (2) the permittee and the immediate relative have each held
their respective wholesaler permits for at least 10 years. Allows the
commission to extend, one time and for not more than 90 days, the
permit term of an applicant for permit renewal that is delinquent in
paying a listed tax.
Effective: July 1, 2022.
Smaltz, Mayfield
(SENATE SPONSOR — ALTING)
January 11, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
January 18, 2022, reported — Do Pass.
January 20, 2022, read second time, ordered engrossed.
January 21, 2022, engrossed.
January 24, 2022, read third time, passed. Yeas 92, nays 1.
SENATE ACTION
February 1, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
February 24, 2022, reported favorably — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1299
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
alcohol and tobacco.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 7.1-3-3-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.94-2008,
2 SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 4. (a) The premises to be used as a warehouse by
4 an applicant shall be described in the application for the permit. The
5 commission shall not issue a beer wholesaler's permit to an applicant
6 for any other warehouse or premises than that described in the
7 application. The commission shall issue only one (1) beer wholesaler's
8 permit to an applicant, but a permittee may be permitted to transfer the
9 permittee's warehouse to another location within the county that is not
10 required to be within the corporate limits of an incorporated city or
11 town, upon application to, and approval of, the commission.
12 (b) As used in this subsection, "immediate relative" means the
13 father, the mother, a brother, a sister, a son, or a daughter of a
14 wholesaler permittee. Notwithstanding subsection (a), if a wholesaler
15 permittee is:
16 (1) dead;
17 (2) legally adjudged to be mentally incapacitated; or
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1 (3) at least seventy-five (75) years of age and has held an
2 interest in the wholesaler's permit for at least ten (10) years;
3 the commission, upon the death or legally adjudged mental
4 incapacitation of a wholesaler permittee, may allow the transfer of the
5 wholesaler permit only to an immediate relative of the wholesaler
6 permittee who concurrently holds a majority share in a valid wholesaler
7 permit. In the case of a permit transfer from a wholesaler permittee
8 under subsection (b)(3), the immediate relative to whom the permit
9 is transferred must concurrently hold a majority share in a valid
10 wholesaler permit and must have held an interest in the wholesaler
11 permit for at least ten (10) years.
12 SECTION 2. IC 7.1-3-21-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.86-2018,
13 SECTION 120, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
14 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply
15 to an employee's permit under IC 7.1-3-18-9.
16 (b) The commission shall not renew or transfer a wholesaler,
17 retailer, dealer, or other permit of any type if the applicant:
18 (1) is seeking a renewal and the applicant has not paid all the
19 property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and the innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9
20 that are due currently;
21 (2) is seeking a transfer and the applicant has not paid all the
22 property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 for
23 the assessment periods during which the transferor held the
24 permit;
25 (3) is seeking a renewal or transfer and is at least thirty (30) days
26 delinquent in remitting state gross retail taxes under IC 6-2.5 or
27 withholding taxes required to be remitted under IC 6-3-4;
28 (4) is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied to the
29 commission by the department of state revenue; or
30 (5) does not provide the commission with property tax clearance
31 Form 1 with an embossed seal from the county treasurer.
32 (c) The commission shall renew or transfer a permit that the
33 commission denied under subsection (b) when the appropriate one (1)
34 of the following occurs:
35 (1) The person, if seeking a renewal, provides to the commission
36 a statement from the county treasurer of the county in which the
37 property of the applicant was assessed indicating that all the
38 property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and, in a county where the county
39 treasurer collects the innkeeper's tax, the innkeeper's tax under
40 IC 6-9 that were delinquent have been paid.
41 (2) The person, if seeking a transfer of ownership, provides to the
42 commission a statement from the county treasurer of the county
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1 in which the property of the transferor was assessed indicating
2 that all the property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and, in a county where
3 the county treasurer collects the innkeeper's tax, the innkeeper's
4 tax under IC 6-9 have been paid for the assessment periods during
5 which the transferor held the permit.
6 (3) The person provides to the commission a statement from the
7 commissioner of the department of state revenue indicating that
8 the person's tax warrant has been satisfied, including any
9 delinquency in innkeeper's tax if the state collects the innkeeper's
10 tax for the county in which the person seeks the permit.
11 (4) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of
12 the department of state revenue under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
13 (5) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of
14 the department of state revenue stating that the state gross retail
15 and withholding taxes described in subsection (b)(3) have been
16 remitted to the department.
17 (d) The commission shall not issue a new wholesaler, retailer,
18 dealer, or other permit of any type if the applicant:
19 (1) has not paid all the applicant's property taxes under IC 6-1.1
20 and innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 that are due;
21 (2) is at least thirty (30) days delinquent in remitting state gross
22 retail taxes under IC 6-2.5 or withholding taxes required to be
23 remitted under IC 6-3-4;
24 (3) is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied to the
25 commission by the department of state revenue; or
26 (4) does not provide the commission with property tax clearance
27 Form 1 with an embossed seal from the county treasurer.
28 (e) The commission shall issue a new permit that the commission
29 denied under subsection (d) when one (1) of the following occurs:
30 (1) The applicant provides to the commission a statement from
31 the commissioner of the department of state revenue indicating
32 that the applicant's tax warrant has been satisfied, including any
33 delinquency in innkeeper's tax if the state collects the innkeeper's
34 tax for the county in which the applicant seeks the permit.
35 (2) The commission receives a notice of release from the
36 commissioner of the department of state revenue under
37 IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).
38 (3) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of
39 the department of state revenue stating that the state gross retail
40 and withholding taxes described in subsection (d)(2) have been
41 remitted to the department.
42 (f) An applicant for issuance of a new permit, renewal, or transfer
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1 may not be considered delinquent in the payment of a listed tax (as
2 defined by IC 6-8.1-1-1) if the applicant has filed a proper protest
3 under IC 6-8.1-5-1 contesting the remittance of those taxes. The
4 applicant shall be considered delinquent in the payment of those taxes
5 if the applicant does not remit the taxes owed to the state department
6 of revenue after the later of the following:
7 (1) The expiration of the period in which the applicant may appeal
8 the listed tax to the tax court, in the case of an applicant who does
9 not file a timely appeal of the listed tax.
10 (2) When a decision of the tax court concerning the applicant's
11 appeal of the listed tax becomes final, in the case of an applicant
12 who files a timely appeal of the listed tax.
13 (g) The commission may require that an applicant for the issuance
14 of a new permit, renewal, or transfer of a wholesaler's, retailer's, or
15 dealer's, or other permit of any type furnish proof of the payment of a
16 listed tax (as defined by IC 6-8.1-1-1), tax warrant, or taxes imposed by
17 IC 6-1.1 or receipt of property tax clearance Form 1 with an embossed
18 seal from the county treasurer.
19 (h) The commission may issue to any applicant for renewal of a
20 permit that is delinquent in the payment of a listed tax (as defined
21 in IC 6-8.1-1-1) not more than one (1) ninety (90) day extension of
22 the term of the permit.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Policy, to which was
referred House Bill 1299, has had the same under consideration and
begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
recommendation that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1299 as introduced.)
SMALTZ
Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Public Policy, to which
was referred House Bill No. 1299, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
(Reference is to HB 1299 as printed January 18, 2022.)
ALTING, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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