Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-11 (2026)

• (1) The department shall from time to time by resolution request the State Bond Commission to provide sufficient funds required to maintain an adequate alcoholic beverage inventory. Said funds shall be provided under the provisions of Chapter 557, Laws of 1966.

• (2) The department shall add to the cost of all alcoholic beverages a markup of twenty-seven and one-half percent (27-1/2%), inclusive of the three percent (3%) markup imposed by Section 27-71-7(2).

• (3) In addition to other excise taxes and markups imposed in this section and in Section 27-71-7, the department shall add to the cost of all alcoholic beverages shipped a charge of Twenty-five Cents (25¢) per case, to be deposited into the ABC Warehouse Improvements Fund created in Section 67-1-211(2). However, any unobligated amounts above Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) remaining in the ABC Warehouse Improvements Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be transferred to the State General Fund.

• (4) Notwithstanding the contract for warehouse and distribution operations under Section 67-1-205, the department shall remain responsible for purchasing and selling alcoholic beverages. The department shall sell alcoholic beverages at uniform prices throughout the state. Pricing for all alcoholic beverages shall be set by the addition of the markup and taxes to the price at which the beverages were purchased by the department.

• (5) A permittee's order shall qualify for shipping when it includes the minimum number of cases of alcoholic beverages as set by the department. The department shall place qualifying orders in a queue for shipment in the order in which the orders are made. An order of fewer than the minimum number of cases, and special orders, shall be added to the permittee's next qualified shipment. The department shall give sufficient notice of any change in the minimum number of cases for shipping and shall allow the opportunity for comment.

• (6) The department shall set a per-case shipping fee to be charged to permittees. The department shall adjust the fee to match, as closely as possible, the shipping costs as defined in Section 67-1-201. The shipping fee charged under this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the ABC Shipping Fund created in Section 27-71-29.

• (7) The department shall charge manufacturers a bailment fee of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per case of alcoholic beverages stored in the warehouse, to be deposited to the credit of the bond sinking fund created in Section 7(3) of Chapter 483, Laws of 2022.

Codes, 1942, § 10265-106; Laws, 1966, ch. 649, § 6; Laws, 1985, ch. 351, § 25, eff. 5/1/1985.

Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 520, HB 1354,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 483, SB 2844,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2022.