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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                                Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                            adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                  Division of the Budget                                  http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director                                                                                  Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                    February 24, 2021


          The Honorable Larry Alley, Chairperson
          Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
          Statehouse, Room 136-E
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Senator Alley:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for SB 253 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 253 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                   SB 253 would allow farm wineries, in accordance with existing federal law, to: (1) transfer
          or receive bulk wine or packaged wine in bond to any bonded premises; (2) transfer bulk wine to
          a distilled spirits plant; (3) receive distilled spirits in bulk; and (4) produce fortified wine by adding
          wine spirits to their own domestic wine. The bill would also allow farm wineries to import wine
          from outside Kansas to use in the production of its own domestic or fortified wine. However, wine
          imported in this fashion must be reported on forms prescribed by the Director of Alcoholic
          Beverage Control.
                   The bill would prohibit farm wineries from transferring wine to a brewery, and clarifies
          that if a term is not defined in the Kansas Liquor Control Act, federal definitions would apply. In
          addition, SB 253 would allow the holder of a federally-issued distilled spirits plant permit to apply
          for and receive a packaging and warehousing facility permit. Finally, the bill would allow the
          holder of a packaging and warehousing facility permit to receive and transfer alcoholic liquor from
          any manufacturer or supplier for the purpose of canning or bottling. SB 253 would take effect and
          be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
                    The Kansas Department of Revenue indicates SB 253 would not have a fiscal effect.


                                                                   Sincerely,

                                                                   Adam Proffitt
                                                                   Director of the Budget
          cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 41-308a, 41-352