Post by Logan on Mar 17, 2016 4:31:27 GMT -6
Daugaard signs bill to give counties share of alcohol taxes
South Dakota counties experiencing what officials say are rising court and jail expenses will get a share of state alcohol tax collections, under a measure Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law Tuesday.
It will mean about $75,000 a year in added revenue to Hughes County, commissioners have said.
City governments already get a share of it.
Supporters successfully argued that counties dealing with alcohol-related costs should get a quarter of the tax money from a state alcohol fund. Such collections totaled about $14.4 million last fiscal year.
The law will provide a predictable, sustainable revenue source to help defray alcohol- and drug-related costs, said Duane Sutton, president of the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/daugaard-signs-bill-to-give-counties-share-of-alcohol-taxes/article_e75f38c2-eb22-11e5-a7de-b7cf1bdc8183.html
South Dakota counties experiencing what officials say are rising court and jail expenses will get a share of state alcohol tax collections, under a measure Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law Tuesday.
It will mean about $75,000 a year in added revenue to Hughes County, commissioners have said.
City governments already get a share of it.
Supporters successfully argued that counties dealing with alcohol-related costs should get a quarter of the tax money from a state alcohol fund. Such collections totaled about $14.4 million last fiscal year.
The law will provide a predictable, sustainable revenue source to help defray alcohol- and drug-related costs, said Duane Sutton, president of the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/daugaard-signs-bill-to-give-counties-share-of-alcohol-taxes/article_e75f38c2-eb22-11e5-a7de-b7cf1bdc8183.html