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Assembly Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5270 (New Jersey, June 12, 2025)

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Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5270, State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025. The committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5270, which dedicates a portion of the alcoholic beverage excise tax on certain wine sales to the "Jersey Fresh Program Fund." The statement says the State Treasurer would deposit revenues generated at the rate of $0.21875 per gallon of wines, vermouth, and sparkling wines sold by plenary winery and farm winery licensees, which equates to 25 percent of the tax currently imposed. It says the Legislature would annually appropriate these monies to the Department of Agriculture to support the Jersey Fresh Program.

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“Assembly Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5270 (New Jersey, June 12, 2025).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-06-12-ace-a5270-s1-2d1390646f/, SHA-256 745096eb67ffc3e06340efa902367b36df39623d17ddb6a7af1cdde213eaf5d5.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                     ASSEMBLY, No. 5270

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                            DATED: JUNE 12, 2025

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
      Agriculture Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5270.
          This bill dedicates a portion of the revenue collected from the
      alcoholic beverage excise tax on certain wine sales to the “Jersey
      Fresh Program Fund.”
         Specifically, the bill requires the State Treasurer to deposit into
      the Jersey Fresh Program Fund an amount equal to the revenues
      generated under the alcohol beverage excise tax at the rate of
      $0.21875 per gallon of wines, vermouth, and sparkling wines sold
      by plenary winery and farm winery licensees, as defined under State
      law. This dedication equates to 25 percent of the tax currently
      imposed on the sales of these alcoholic beverages.
         Under current law, the Legislature is required to annually
      appropriate all funds deposited into the Jersey Fresh Program Fund
      to the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of providing
      support to the Jersey Fresh Program, which includes, but not be
      limited to, funding advertising, promotional, and quality grading
      program activities to inform consumers about the availability of
      locally grown agricultural products.
         This bill expands the scope of revenues that are required to be
      annually deposited into the Jersey Fresh Program Fund to include a
      portion of revenues generated from the alcoholic beverage excise
      tax on the sale of wines, vermouth, and sparkling wines by plenary
      winery and farm winery licensees. Under the bill, the Legislature
      would also be required to annually appropriate these monies to the
      Department of Agriculture for the purposes of providing support to
      the Jersey Fresh Program.

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