Bill > A09318

This bill increases the excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages in New York State, with specific rate hikes for beers, still wines, artificially carbonated sparkling wines, natural sparkling wines, and liquors. For instance, the tax on beer will rise from fourteen to sixteen and eight-tenths cents per gallon, and the tax on most liquors will increase from sixty-seven to eighty and four-tenths cents per liter. Crucially, the bill also mandates that twenty percent of all the tax revenues collected from these increased alcoholic beverage taxes will be allocated to the New York State Drug Treatment and Public Education Fund, which is a dedicated fund established to support drug treatment programs and public education initiatives.