A bill to impose a tax on alcohol sold at Navajo Nation gaming facilities in Arizona has become law.
President Russell Begaye signed Legislation No. 0084-15 into law, the Associated Press reports. It imposes a 3.25 percent on alcoholic beverages sold at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino
Resort in Flagstaff. It also applies to a tribal-owned marina at Lake Powell.
The tax is expected to generate $73,000 a year. Revenues will placed into a fund to combat drunken driving on the reservation.
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(AP 8/10)
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