The party also wants tighter alcohol advertising rules, stronger retail age checks and less visible checkout displays.

[Alcoholic Beverage Control Board] The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is seeking assistance in its continued efforts to protect the general public and meet the growing demands of consumers. The Board today released a “Request for Proposals” (RFP) that outlines the current operational constraints of its central office and warehouse located in Montgomery, as well as the future needs of the state agency.

[Alcoholic Beverage Control Board] Last year, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board returned $361 million to communities and citizens to help fund essential state services such as mental health, women’s and children’s programs, education and law enforcement. Since the ABC Board’s creation 85 years ago, those revenues have totaled more than $8.6 billion for the people of Alabama.

Legislative Revenue Office staff explained Oregon’s control-state approach to distilled spirits and the separate privilege tax for beer and wine, outlining how OLCC markups and tax distributions funnel roughly 36% of distilled liquor gross sales into state and local allocations.