University Daily Kansan, February 11, 1982
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By COLLEEN CACY Staff Reporter
The Kansas Legislature-taking its lead from Congress—is considering imposing "sin taxes" on beer and cigarettes.
But some of the tax revenues might go to help social programs, such as alcohol and drug abuse treatment, that have been reduced by federal budget cuts.
"With changes at the federal level, the cuts coming down, and the philosophy of 'New Federalism', the state needs to help local public health agencies," State Rep. Rochelle Chronister, R-Neodesha, said yesterday.
Chronister on Monday introduced a bill in the House of Representatives
that would increase the state sales tax on cigarettes by 2 cents a package.
Another bill, which would raise the tax on beer by 10 cents a gallon, was heard in a House committee last week.
Chronister's proposal would raise the cigarette tax from 11 cents to 13 cents a package.
She said the 2-event increase would raise about $6 million. Half of the money would go into the state's general resource fund. Of the remaining money, $2.5 million would be returned to county public health departments and would be allocated for biomedical research at Kansas universities and colleges.
Chronister said some of the research money probably would go to cancer researchers.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, a member of the House Public Health and Welfare Committee,
said she thought most of the research funds were intended for a cancer research project at Kansas State University. She said Chronister had taken the complaint to see the project and was sent weeks after the legislative session began.
Branson said she was not opposed to sin taxes to raise money for public health departments, but said they could expand the tax that would broaden the tax base.
"These things might help as a sort of Band-Aid here and there, but they cannot take the place of a severance tax and allow them as sales and income taxes," she said.
"I have mixed feelings about using sin taxes when the money should come from the state general fund."
Chronister said she expected much opposition to the tax from the state tobacco industry.
Paul Coleman, lobbyist for the Kansas Tobacco-Candy Distributors
and Vendors, Inc., declined to comment on the industry's lobbying efforts until the bill comes before the House Assessment and Taxation Committee.
Chronister said she was not sure how much the tax would increase the retail cost of cigarettes.
"It might raise it by a nickel," she said.
The committee held hearings last week on a proposed 10-cent-a-gallon increase in state sales tax on beer. The committee approved the proposal to state alcohol and drug abuse programs.
"The beer tax to help fund alcohol and drug abuse programs is logical as a user's tax," she said.
But lobbyists for the beer industry objected to the tax, saying it associated beer with alcoholism.
"The whole concept of earmarking taxes for one industry is bad government policy," said Mark Boranyak, a Master's student in Beans Bear Whole-sellers Association.
The Lawrence Knights of Columbus have planned a sweetheart contest as a special attraction for their first Sweetheart Dance Friday.
The informal dance, to be held on the first floor of the Knights Hall, 2206 E. 23rd R. will be open to the public. The first 50 girls to arrive will be given roses by the organization, Duane Van Anne said.
The Knights have asked KU fraternities to enter one of their little sisters in the context. Little sisters are required in social functions with the fraternities.
Knights to hold weekend dance
Calling the competition a "personality contest," Van Anne said the winner would be chosen by crowd applause.
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Van Anne said that prizes from local beer distributors would be given out throughout the night.
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BURGLARS also store more than $800 worth of clothing and tools from the Farmers Co-Operative Association, 23rd and Haskell streets, sometime between 5 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
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KU POLICE reported a burglary of a Malott Hall lab Wednesday afternoon. Police said that burglaries stole more than $500 worth of lab equipment, after possibly using a key for picking the locks. There are no suspects.
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