Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2003-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 157, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

2.__Crime.__A person is guilty of public drinking if the person drinks liquor in any public place within 200 feet of a notice posted conspicuously in the public place by the owner or authorized person that forbids drinking in the public place or after being forbidden to do so personally by a law enforcement officer, unless the person has been given permission to do so by the owner or authorized person.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the law that prohibits drinking in public to allow a conspicuous posting forbidding drinking on state-owned property to serve as a warning, similar to the provisions that currently apply to private or municipal property.