§ 3-10-15 - Retaliatory service charge on imported beverages.
SECTION 3-10-15
§ 3-10-15 Retaliatory service charge onimported beverages. – Whenever the law or any order, rule, or regulation of any other state of theUnited States or of any foreign sovereignty having the force of law operates asto expose beverages manufactured in this state to liability to any tax,assessment, impost, or other charge which is intended to give or has inpractice the effect of giving any beverage manufactured in the state orsovereignty in question a market advantage over beverages manufactured in thisstate and transported to and intended to be sold in that state or sovereignty,then the service charge authorized by § 3-10-16, imposed or to be imposedupon beverages manufactured or exported from that state or sovereignty intothis state shall be in an amount at least equal to the tax, assessment, impost,or other charge imposed by that state or sovereignty upon the like beveragesmanufactured in this state and shipped into that state or sovereignty. In case,in the judgment of the department of business regulation, a service chargeequal to that tax, assessment, impost, or other charge is not sufficient tobring about the removal of the discrimination against beverages manufactured inthis state in favor of beverages manufactured in that state or sovereignty,then the department shall impose any additional service charge or charges as inits judgment will be adequate to that end.