CHAPTER 236
S.P. 121 - L.D. 397
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1355, sub-§1-A, ¶C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 542, §1, is further amended to read:
C. The holder of a brewery license may sell on the brewery premises during regular business hours to nonlicensees only a specialty package of malt liquor produced at the brewery. The volume of the specialty package may not exceed 5 liters 15.5 gallons and must be consumed off the premises. The sale of specialty packages described in this paragraph must comply with keg tagging requirements provided in section 714. The brewery shall submit a monthly report to its wholesaler detailing sales made directly from the brewery premises. The wholesaler shall calculate the fees for any bottle deposit and submit an invoice to the brewery for expenses associated with the requirements prescribed in Title 32, chapter 28 including the retailer handling fee, state container deposit and a mutually agreed-upon pick-up fee.
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1355, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
2-A. Small breweries that exceed production limit; license renewal. The bureau, upon application by the holder of a small brewery license whose brewery has produced malt liquor in an amount that exceeds 50,000 gallons in one year, may renew that holder's small brewery license for only one additional year.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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