Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §707, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. 342, §42, is amended to read:

4. Certificate of approval holder or Maine manufacturer; interest in wholesaler or retail license. No Except as provided in section 1363, subsection 3, a certificate of approval holder or in-state manufacturer may not have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any:

A. Maine wholesale license; or

B. Maine retail license.

Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1363, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §118, is further amended to read:

§1363. Manufacture of malt liquor or table wine; credit;

furnishing materials and equipment; limited partnership

1. Certificate of approval holder not interested in wholesale license. No Except as provided in subsection 3, an officer, director or stockholder of a corporation which that is the holder of a manufacturer's certificate of approval may not be interested, either directly or indirectly, as a director, officer or stockholder in any other corporation which that holds a wholesale license.

2. Loans by certificate of approval holder. Except as provided in paragraphs A and B and subsection 3, no a manufacturer or certificate of approval holder may not, either directly or indirectly, loan any money, credit or their equivalent to any wholesale licensee for equipping, fitting out, maintaining or conducting, either in whole or in part, a business establishment where malt liquor or wine is sold.

A. A certificate of approval holder may extend the usual and customary commercial credit for malt liquor or table wine sold and delivered.

B. A manufacturer or holder of a certificate of approval may furnish a wholesale licensee materials and equipment for the use of the wholesale licensee or the wholesale licensee's employees, such as:

(1) Painting the wholesale licensee's vehicles;