Sec. E-1. 32 MRSA §1866, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 499, §6, is amended to read:

D. Paragraphs A, B and C of this subsection do not apply to a brewer or vintner who annually produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product or a bottler of water who annually sells no more than 250,000 containers each containing no more than one gallon of its product. In addition to the payment of the refund value, an initiator of deposit under section 1863-A, subsections 1 to 4 who is also a brewer or vintner who annually produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product or a bottler of water who annually sells no more than 250,000 containers each containing no more than one gallon of its product shall reimburse the dealer or local redemption center for the cost of handling beverage containers subject to section 1863-A in an amount that equals at least 3¢ per returned container.

Sec. E-2. Routine technical rule. Any rule change necessary to implement the inclusion of vintners within the exemption for small brewers described in that section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, section 1866, subsection 4, paragraph D is a routine technical rule as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

PART F

Sec. F-1. 12 MRSA §7903, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is amended to read:

§7903. Jurisdiction

The District Court shall have has concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court in all criminal prosecutions under chapters 701 to 721. The District Court has jurisdiction in all civil prosecutions under chapters 701 to 721.__Any person arrested or summonsed as a violator of this Part must with reasonable diligence be taken before the District Court in the division nearest to where the offense is alleged to have been committed for prosecution, and in such case jurisdiction is granted to the District Court in adjoining divisions to be exercised in the same manner as if the offense had been committed in that division.

Sec. F-2. 12 MRSA §10553, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

§10553. Jurisdiction