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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008

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1. BEER TAX.....................................................................VO

2. SALMON RESTRICTIONS....................................VO/SOT

3. WILD DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE RACES..........VO/SOT

4. WARHOL PHOTOS...............................................VO/SOT

1. BEER TAX VO/FILE

LIVE: A STATE LAWMAKER IS PROPOSING AN ADDED TAX ON BEER, AT THE RATE OF 30 CENTS PER CAN OR BOTTLE, TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS ASSEMBLYMAN JIM BEALL HAS LINKED TO ALCOHOL USE.

SUPER: FILE

VO: (1:00) BEALL SAYS TAXING BEER AT THE RATE OF TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS PER GALLON WOULD ADD TWO BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO THE STATE TREASURY. BEALL DEFENDS TAXING BEER SAYING IT IS THE TYPICAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OF CHOICE FOR UNDER-AGE DRINKERS, AND BECAUSE UNDERAGE DRINKERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE PROBLEM DRINKERS LATER IN LIFE.

BEALL SAYS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION COSTS THE STATE 36 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN INCREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS, LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND VEHICLE CRASHES. BEALL IS PROPOSING THE TAX BE LEVIED AS A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, WHICH REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE AND VOTER APPROVAL BEFORE IT BECOMES ENACTED.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BY THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL. IT HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED A BILL NUMBER YET.