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An Act To Promote the Production of Maine Beverages
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1866-E, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 499, §8, is amended to read:
 
6. Small manufacturers exempt.   A brewermanufacturer who produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product or a bottler of water who sells no more than 250,000 containers each containing no more than one gallon of its product in a calendar year is exempt from the requirements of this section for that year.
 
SUMMARY
This bill expands the exemption from the returnable beverage container laws for small brewers to all small manufacturers of beverages in the State.