University Daily Kansan
Friday, December 8, 1972
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'Wet' Forces to Try Liquor Bill
(Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with lair or the drink in Kansas. The first part gives the views of the "wet" forces.)
(Monday: the "dry" position and local option.)
By SANDY HUNTER
Kansan Staff Writer
Legalization of sale of liquor by the drink is an issue of growing concern to Kansas. Whether liquor by the drink should be sold for on-premises consumption in licensed, owned establishments, or established, is a question which will will face the 1973 Kansas Legislature in January.
Kansas and Oklahoma are the only states that do not have liquor-by-the-drink legislation, said Hank Parkinson, campaign coordinator for Kansans for Modern Alcoholic Beverage Control, Inc. (KMABC).
Advocates of liquor by the drink will try to achieve their goal this year by proposing a liquor-by-the-drill bill in the legislature rather than supporting the adoption of a proposed constitutional amendment, Parkinson said.
Kansas voters turned down such an amendment by a narrow margin in 1970. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the legislature before it can be placed on the ballot and submitted to the voters. A bill, however, requires only a majority vote in each house for passage.
PARKINSON SAID the bill that would be proposed to the January Legislature was intended to be the law.
Bus Service For Finals Scheduled
A revised bus schedule for the Lawrence Bus Co. will go into effect Dec. 13 for the final examination period. The fare will remain the same, 10 cents on campus and 25 cents to downtown. The downtown service will remain unchanged.
24th and Ridge Court 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Naismith, Oliver 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Leave Union to 24th and Ridge Court 10 minutes past the hour.
Leave Park 25—30 minutes past the hour.
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"We feel that by restricting our liquor by the ounce can be served, it will not be found to be violating the provision of the law. We are forbids the open saloon," Parkinson said.
of liquor by the drink in establishments that earn 50 per cent or more of their income from food sales and have seating accommodations for a minimum of 40 persons. No stand-up bars would be covered with high stairs and strict township options would apply.
Leave Naisimith, Oliver 10 and 40 minutes past the hour.
Leave Union to 21st and Stewart 20 and 50 minutes past the hour.
He estimated that Kansas was currently losing approximately $12.5 million in taxes by not allowing liquor by the drink. He explained that this was the amount of tax he had paid there if there was the standard 3 per cent sales tax on drinks dispensed by private clubs.
"OUR BILL CALLS for a 4 per cent tax on liquor by the drink, which should net about $15 million or more a year," Parkinson said. "In addition, heavy licensing fees and increased tourism and convention activities all contribute to additional state funds."
Parkinson said he was confident that after four years of hard work by the group, he could passes, it would go into effect July 1, 1973. He said he was confident of Senate support, but was uncertain about the views of House members, at 80 per cent turnover in the November elections.
KU-Ellsworth 8:20 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.
Leave Ellsworth 10, 30 and 50 minutes past the hour.
Leave Union to Ellsworth on the hour, 20 and 40 minutes past the hour.
Leave GASP, Corbin 8:19 a.m. and every 20 minutes thereafter.
p.m. to 10:10 p.m.
Leave Ulmston on the hour.
Leave Ulmston on the hour.
Leave Ewellworth on the hour.
Leave Naismith, Oliver 8:25 a.m. and
every 20 minutes, thereafter until 5:25 p.m.
Leave Ellsworth 8:30 a.m. and every 20
minutes thereafter until 5:30 p.m.
"We will discuss the nominies, of course, and will also decide whether or not to meet over semester break," Richard Von Ende, acting executive secretary, said Thursday.
Von Ende said about 175 nominations had been received so far. He declined to comment on whether the committee had eliminated any of the nominees.
Van Ende said the closed session would begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, for four hours.
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Other advocates of liquor by the drink say that passage of the bill would ease the property tax burden in Kansas because revenues generated from a 4 per cent tax would revert to the school districts in which the establishments were located.
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IN 1970 A referendum to adopt liquor by the drink was submitted to the voters, but failed.
In 1971, the Senate defeated a bill which would have place restrictions on establishment of hospitals. The law was passed.
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local-option basis July 1, 1971, in Texas, Parkinson said. Since that time, the principal conventions centers, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin, have reported that the number of conventions booked had doubled.
KANAS HAS LIGOR by the drink laws
law, but taxes are not received from it,
he
In 1969, KMABC made a proposal to the Senate that the state either vote total or decide by the drink. This was a legislative ploy because its measure out of the Senate, Parkinson said.
ACCORDING TO KMABC, there are currently 80 private clubs in Teopaka which dispense $8 million in liquor by the drink and have a central cent tax on mixed drinks and the $1,200 charge for the wine would give the state $897,200 in revenue potential for Teopaka alone, KMABC said. In addition, advocates say that liquor by the drink would enhance Kansas' ability to serve customers.
James Clancy, director of Community Facilities for Wichita and manager of the Century II convention center there, said. "A lot of people have been bottled-only states, thus putting us completely out of running for these conventions which could mean so much for Kansas."
"bottle only" bill was inaugurated. The push for liquor by the drink lay dormant for 19 years. Then in 1968, KMABC was formed. The group retained a lobbyist, but a proposed bill was killed at the committee level early in the session.
"More than 700 private clubs are dispensing liquor by the drink until 3 a.m. each day, including Sunday," he said. "I understand not to tax what is already on going."
Historically, proposals for liquor by the mink go back to the 1949 legislative session. The Senate passed a bill in 1962 to prohibit
Liquor by the drink went into effect on
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