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 brewer manufacturer 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.
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This bill expands the exemption from the returnable beverage container laws for small brewers to all small manufacturers of beverages in the State.