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“with so many agencies starved for new money, we must be ready to fight any new taxes or tax changes that come up.”

a lottery amendment does pass, ensure a fair and adequate commission is paid to retailers on the sale of lottery tickets. Additionally, we will continue to play a sub- stantial role in data breach legislation to be sure anything that passes does not place an undue burden on retailers. A bill passed the Senate last year but failed in the House; we expect to see it again. Tax wise, we expect to again see legisla- tion that would create mandatory unitary combined reporting again in 2017, and we

will oppose coming legislation that attempts to prevent retailers from using an appraising method known as the “Dark Store Property Valuation.” With so many agencies starved for new money, we must be ready to fight any new taxes or tax changes that come up. We will, of course, continue to be vigilant to oppose any effort to pass soft drink taxes. The Joint Task Force on Budget Reform, created during last year’s special session, will make a report at the beginning of the session,

but they have already agreed to continue meeting through 2017. Finally, we already have legislation pre-filed (HB 26 by Rep. Juandalynn Givhan, D-Bir- mingham) to create a state minimum wage at $10.00 per hour, increasing annually by CPI. We will continue to vigorously oppose any legislation of this sort. Please call if you have questions.

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