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'n' <br />■ <br />tt" <br />% <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 biU 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.