A citizen ballot initiative has been filed, seeking to loosen Utah's tight grip on alcohol policy and put wine and spirits in grocery and convenience stores.
The"Citizens' Initiative to Amend and Modify Title 32B," would significantly change how liquor is sold and taxed in Utah.
"This will allow Costco or Trader Joe's to essentially get a package agency license and bring their products in, and whether they clear it through the state or they have a direct shipping wholesaler bring it to them," Carter said."They’ll be able to buy it at that 30% markup and then retail it."Carter is a former wine industry representative and authored a book under a pseudonym called"Mormons, Merlot & the Utah Liquor Monopoly.
"Enactment of this proposed law could decrease General Fund revenue by $120 million annually and increase General Fund costs by $6 million one-time. The law would decrease the state's mark-up on alcoholic beverages by 54 percentage points on average , reducing revenue by $164 million annually. It would change licensee fees, increasing revenue by $2 million annually.
He said at first glance, he would be opposed to the citizen ballot initiative — arguing that there are benefits to being a liquor control state from lower taxes to reduced social harms.
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