Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1403 – Purchase and sale of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee
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1. Purchase of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee. A wholesale licensee may not purchase malt liquor or wine from a person other than a certificate of approval holder or special warehouse storage facility licensed under section 1371. A wholesale licensee may not cause to be transported into the State malt liquor or wine from a person other than a person to whom the bureau has issued a certificate of approval under section 1361.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1403
- Bureau: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- certificate of approval holder: means an in-state manufacturer of malt liquor or wine licensed under section 1355?A or an out-of-state manufacturer of or out-of-state wholesaler of malt liquor or wine that has been issued a certificate of approval under section 1361. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1401-A
- Licensee: includes , but is not limited to, agency liquor stores and certificate of approval holders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Liquor: means spirits, wine, malt liquor or hard cider, or any substance containing liquor, intended for human consumption, that contains more than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Malt liquor: means liquor:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2 sell: means any transfer or delivery of liquor for a consideration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2 Wholesale licensee: means a person licensed by the bureau under section 1401 as an in-state wholesaler. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2 Wine: includes , but is not limited to, hard cider, wine coolers, table wine, still wine, sparkling wine, champagne and fortified wine that do not contain more than 24% alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
1-A. Wholesale licensee may purchase from wholesale licensee. The bureau may give written permission to a wholesale licensee to purchase malt liquor or wine from another wholesale licensee.
[PL 1997, c. 373, §126 (AMD).]
2. Sale of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee. A wholesale licensee may not sell malt liquor or wine that has not been purchased from a certificate of approval holder or a special warehouse storage facility licensed under section 1371.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
3. License revoked if it requires wholesale license to not sell other brands. The District Court shall revoke the license of a wholesale licensee, that requires as a condition of selling malt liquor or wine to another wholesale licensee, that the purchasing wholesale licensee may not sell other brand names of malt liquor or wine.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
4. Monthly report. By the 10th day of each calendar month, each wholesale licensee shall furnish to the bureau, in the form prescribed by the bureau, a monthly report of all malt liquor or wine purchased and sold during the preceding month.
[PL 1997, c. 373, §127 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 342, §111 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §§125-127 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B78 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B80 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).