HB 553-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 553-FN
AN ACT relative to hours of operation of state liquor stores.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lindsey, Ches 3
COMMITTEE: Local and Regulated Revenues
This bill requires that state liquor stores be open until at least 8:00 p.m.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0757
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to hours of operation of state liquor stores.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Liquor Commission; Rules; Hours of Operation. Amend RSA 177:10, IV to read as follows:
IV. Hours of operation, provided that all stores be open until at least 8:00 p.m.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
09-0757
01/12/09
HB 553-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to hours of operation of state liquor stores.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The New Hampshire State Liquor Commission states this bill will have an indeterminable effect on state revenues and increase state expenditures by $1,083,004 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on county or local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The New Hampshire State Liquor Commission states this bill requires state liquor stores to be open until at least 8:00 pm. The Commission states this bill will increase state expenditures by $1,083,004 and state revenues by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter, assuming an implementation date of July 1, 2009. The Commission’s estimate is calculated based on an average weekly wage and benefit cost for each store and does not consider any additional utility or ancillary costs associated with the additional hours of operation. The Commission’s estimate also assumes that salary and benefit costs remain at FY 2008 levels.
Based on the average wage and benefit costs calculated by the Commission, the Commission has determined the proposed legislation would increase state expenditures by $20,827 per week or $1,083,004 per year.
The Commission states the proposed legislation would impact approximately 61 of 77 retail stores. However, the Commission claims that they do not believe that the extended hours of operation would generate any incremental sales beyond sales produced within their current hours of operation; therefore the Commission did not project a specific amount of increase in state revenues.
This bill does not contain an appropriation or establish positions.