It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3-6-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-6 entitled "Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-6-14. Certificate of compliance. -- As conditions precedent to transporting, or causing to be transported, distilled spirits, malt beverages, and vinous beverages into this state for storage, sale, or consumption in this state every person, firm or corporation located in another state, shall first obtain a certificate of compliance from the liquor control administrator in the department of business regulations.
The certificate of compliance shall be issued upon the condition that the holder shall furnish, from time to time, as the liquor control administrator may require, but in no event more often than once each month, information concerning all shipments or sales of distilled spirits, malt beverages, and vinous beverages made into this state; that the holder shall furnish information concerning the brand, type of container, quantity, and other information that may be required by the administrator. The administrator is empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations that may be necessary for the enforcement hereof.
As a condition precedent to the issuance of and during the term of a certificate hereunder, the holder shall comply with the provisions of this title, and all rules and regulations promulgated under authority thereof.
The administrator may suspend, cancel, or revoke any certificate of compliance issued hereunder for violation of the terms or conditions thereof.
The certificate of compliance shall contain on its face a list of those distilled spirits, malt beverages, and vinous beverages which are transported or caused to be transported into this state by the holder thereof.
The annual fee for the certificate of compliance shall be
arrived at in the following manner: fifty dollars ($50.00)
{ADD twenty-five dollars ($25.00) ADD} for each and every brand, blend,
mixture, variety, type, kind and class of distilled spirits, malt
beverages, and vinous beverages. The annual fee shall be
pro-rated to the year ending December 1st in every calendar year
and shall be paid to the liquor control administrator in the
department of business regulation and shall be deposited as
general revenues, provided, however, that the liquor control
administrator may fix a flat fee per gallon instead of the annual
fee for any of the above categories where the application for a
certificate of compliance contains an affidavit that less than
twenty-five (25) gallons of the category involved will be
imported during the year for which filed.
SECTION 2. Section 18-9-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 18-9 entitled "Fiduciaries" is hereby amended to read as follows:
18-9-13. Annual fiduciary's report. -- Any fiduciary holding property subject to equitable duties to deal with the property for charitable, educational, or religious purposes shall annually, on or before July 1, unless otherwise directed by the attorney general, make to the attorney general a written report for the last preceding fiscal year of the trust showing the property so held and administered, the receipts and expenditures in connection therewith, the names and addresses of the beneficiaries thereof, and such other information as the attorney general may require. {ADD The trustee shall also pay an annual filing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the attorney general for use in performing the duties authorized in this chapter. Said fees shall be deposited in the general fund. ADD} Failure after notice for two (2) successive years to file a report shall constitute a breach of trust and the attorney general shall take such action as may be appropriate to compel compliance herewith.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage and be retroactive to July 1, 1995.
