Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §606, sub-§1-A, ķA, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 276, §3, is amended to read:

A. The sale price of spirits sold to a licensee under this subsection must equal the price for which a licensee would purchase liquor at a state store established in subsection 8.

Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §606, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. L, §4, is further amended to read:

8. Limits on price. An agency liquor store may not sell spirits and fortified wine for less than 103% of the price paid by the agency liquor store. An agency liquor store may not sell spirits to persons other than on-premises licensees for more than the list price set in accordance with chapters 65 and 67.

SUMMARY

This bill removes the requirement that agency liquor stores must sell spirits to on-premises licensees for the same price that a state liquor store would charge. Under this bill, the agency liquor store may sell spirits to on-premises licensees for the same price it charges retail customers.