Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15612, sub-§15 is enacted to read:

15.__Health promotion fund.__School administrative units that adopt policies that prohibit the advertising and sale of soft drinks and candy on all school property and that make available on a daily basis Maine dairy products and fresh in- season farm products for sale and consumption as snack foods and as a part of regular school meal programs may receive an adjustment from the Health Promotion Fund as provided in Title 36, section 4855.

Sec. 2. 36 MRSA c. 721 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 721

SOFT DRINK AND SYRUP TAX

§4851.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Bottle.__"Bottle" means any closed or sealed glass, metal, paper or plastic container or any other type of container regardless of the size or shape of the container.

2.__Bottled soft drink.__"Bottled soft drink" means any ready-to-consume, nonalcoholic drink, whether carbonated or noncarbonated, commonly referred to as a soft drink and contained in a bottle.

3.__Distributor, manufacturer or wholesale dealer.__ "Distributor, manufacturer or wholesale dealer" means any person who receives, stores, manufactures, bottles or sells bottled soft drinks, syrup, simple syrup or powder or base products for mixing, compounding or making soft drinks for sale to retailers, other manufacturers, wholesale dealers or distributors for resale purposes.

4.__Milk.__"Milk" means natural liquid milk regardless of animal source or butterfat content; natural milk concentrate, whether or not reconstituted, regardless of animal source or butterfat content; or dehydrated natural milk, whether or not reconstituted.

5.__Natural fruit juice.__"Natural fruit juice" means the original liquid resulting from the pressing of fruit, the liquid resulting from the reconstitution of fruit juice