Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1201, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4, is amended to read:

3. May not sell liquor to be consumed on premises. No Except for those restaurants and Class A restaurants holding a Class XII license, a person licensed under this section may not sell malt liquor or wine to be consumed on the premises.

Sec. 4. 28-A MRSA §1206, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 266, §23, is amended to read:

§1206. Consumption prohibited on off-premise retail premises

A person may not consume liquor on the premises of an off- premise licensee licensed under this chapter except as provided in section 1205 or if it is wine or malt liquor that is provided by a Class XII licensee.

Sec. 5. 28-A MRSA §2074, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 306, §2, is further amended to read:

1. Transportation on-premises or off-premises. Except as provided in section 1051 and for wine or malt liquor provided by a Class XII licensee, any person who transports liquor onto or off of the premises of an on-premise retail licensee is guilty of a Class E crime.

SUMMARY

This bill allows a restaurant that has been licensed to sell spirits, wine or malt liquor for consumption on the premises of the restaurant to obtain a license to also sell wine and malt liquor to be consumed off the premises of the restaurant.