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Committee advances credit to prioritize Arkansas rice in beer and sake ingredients
Summary
A House committee voted to advance House Bill 1491, which would give an excise-tax discount to brewers and sake producers that use Arkansas rice as a meaningful portion of their ingredient mix; bill sponsor disclosed ties to conservation group Delta Waterfowl and said industry groups back the measure.
House Bill 1491, a proposal to grant an excise-tax discount to beer and sake producers that use Arkansas-grown rice, was advanced by a House committee after a voice vote Tuesday.
Representative Jeff Wardlaw (R-94) introduced the bill and said it is intended to “prioritize Arkansas rice” by offering a tax reduction to processors that use Arkansas rice above a specified ingredient threshold. Wardlaw disclosed he…
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