Sec. E-1. 32 MRSA §1866, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 499, §6, is amended to read:
D. Paragraphs A, B and C of this subsection do not apply to a brewer or vintner who annually produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product or a bottler of water who annually sells no more than 250,000 containers each containing no more than one gallon of its product. In addition to the payment of the refund value, an initiator of deposit under section 1863-A, subsections 1 to 4 who is also a brewer or vintner who annually produces no more than 50,000 gallons of its product or a bottler of water who annually sells no more than 250,000 containers each containing no more than one gallon of its product shall reimburse the dealer or local redemption center for the cost of handling beverage containers subject to section 1863-A in an amount that equals at least 3¢ per returned container.
Sec. E-2. Routine technical rule. Any rule change necessary to implement the inclusion of vintners within the exemption for small brewers described in that section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, section 1866, subsection 4, paragraph D is a routine technical rule as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
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