| | | Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial | | Services is authorized to work with the Maine State Housing | | Authority to sell or transfer ownership of certain parcels of | | surplus state-owned land, along with any buildings thereon, to | | meet the requirements of this section. The sale or transfer must | | be approved by the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial | | Services. The Maine State Housing Authority shall develop, or | | cause to be developed, affordable housing on those parcels or | | shall sell or otherwise dispose of some or all of those parcels | | and use the proceeds to finance affordable housing in areas of | | the State experiencing serious shortages of affordable housing. |
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| | | Sec. KKK-2. Effective date. This Part takes effect 90 days after | | adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 121st | | Legislature. |
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| | | Sec. LLL-1. 28-A MRSA §83, sub-§§1 and 2, as amended by PL 1999, c. | | 535, §4, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations; | rules. The | | entire wholesale liquor business authorized by section 88, the | | alcohol bureau shall manage the sale, distribution and | | merchandising of spirits and fortified wine through state liquor | | stores, agency liquor stores and licensees. The alcohol bureau | | may establish rules and procedures for the administration of the | | state liquor laws under its jurisdiction. The rules adopted | | under this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title | 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A | | of the alcohol bureau are under the supervision of the | | Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services and the | | director of the alcohol bureau. |
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| | | 2. Purchase. The | | privatization of the wholesale liquor business authorized by | | section 88, the alcohol bureau may buy and have in its possession | | spirits and fortified wine for sale to the public. The alcohol | | bureau shall buy spirits directly and not through the State | | Purchasing Agent. All spirits and fortified wine must be free | | from adulteration and misbranding. |
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| | | Sec. LLL-2. 28-A MRSA §88 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §88.__Transfer of wholesale liquor activities |
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| | | 1.__Statement of purpose.__The Legislature finds that it is in | | the public interest to seek efficiencies and cost savings from |
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