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9 <br /> A 7.5 percent surtax is imposed on 1-900 calls. <br /> The cigarette tax increases five cents per pack from 38 cents to 43 cents. (A <br /> separate health insurance bill would impose an additional tax of seven cents per pack if it <br /> is signed by the governor.) <br /> No new beer,wine or liquor taxes were enacted. <br /> Budget Reserve is set at$400 million with a first priority on excess revenues to <br /> restore it to the full $550 million. <br /> Food shelves did not get a chickadee-type checkoff,but was allocated a direct <br /> funding of$800,000 for the biennium. <br /> While the lodging tax was increased one cent for St. Paul and Winona, and the <br /> use changed for Bloomington,no general law or use change was adopted. <br />