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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1866-E, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 499, §8, is amended to read:
 
6. Small manufacturers, bottlers and brewers exempt.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a manufacturer who produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product in a calendar year is exempt from the requirements of this section for that year. A brewer 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 amendment, which replaces the bill, retains in the returnable beverage container laws the exemptions for small bottlers and brewers and adds an exemption for small manufacturers.