438.337 Responsibilities of Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in enforcement of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 -- Disposition of revenue and fines collected under KRS 138.140 and KRS 438.305 to 438.340 -- Statistics -- Enforcement plan. (1) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall carry out the enforcement provisions of KRS 438.305 to 438.340. (2) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be entitled to the revenue produced by one -twentieth of one cent ($0.0005) of the three -cent ($0.03) per pack revenue collected by the Finance and Administration Cabinet from the state excise tax on the sale of cigarettes as imposed by KRS 138.140 to be deposited in a trust and agency account created in the State Treasury, and to keep fifty percent (50%) of any fines collected under KRS 438.305 to 438.340 to offset the costs of enforcement of KRS 438.305 to 438.340. (3) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall be responsible for maintaining statistics for compilation of required reports to be su bmitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (4) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall devise a plan and time frame for enforcement to required reports to be su bmitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (4) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall devise a plan and time frame for enforcement to determine by random inspection if the percentage of retailers or distributors makin g illegal sales to persons under the age of twenty -one (21) does or does not exceed federal guidelines preventing tobacco sales to persons under the age of twenty -one (21). Effective: March 26, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 8, effective March 26, 2020. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1933, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000.
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