An Act to Allow Beverage Sales from Mobile Service Bars on Golf Courses
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0656
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: BROWNE, HEIDRICH, MAYO, BRUNO, COLLINS, HONEY, TARDY
Amends: 28-A MRSA §1012, 28-A MRSA §1075, 28-A MRSA §1075-A

Legislative Document 
No. 656 
H.P.486 
House of Representatives, February 11,2003 
An Act to Allow Beverage Sales from Mobile Service Bars on Golf 
Courses 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative BROWNE of Vassalboro. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representative HEIDRICH of Oxford, Senator MAYO of Sagadahoc and 
Representatives: BRUNO of Raymond, COLLINS of Wells, HONEY of Boothbay, 
McCORMICK of West Gardiner, McGOWAN of Pittsfield, McKENNEY of Cumberland, 
McNEIL of Rockland, TARDY of Newport. 
Printed on recyc led paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 28-A MRSA §1012. sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. 
Golf course mobile service bar. 
A licensee who is the 
owner of a golf course may apply for a license to sell malt 
liguor from a mobile service bar as provided in section 1075 A. 
The license fee per calendar year is $100. 
This subsection is repealed January 1, 2006. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1075. sub-§2. as enacted by PL 1995, c. 
195, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
2. 
Sales for ,consumption on slopes or courses prohibited. 
This section does not permit a 
ski area to sell liguor for 
consumption on the slopes away from the licensed area. 
Except as 
provided in section 1075-A, a golf course may not sell liguor for 
consumption on the course away from the licensed area. 
This subsection is repealed January 1, 2006. 
Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1075. sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
A. 
Sales 
for 
consumption 
on 
slopes 
or 
courses 
prohibited. 
This section does not permit a ski area to sell 
liguor for consumption on the slopes away from the licensed area 
or a golf course to sell liguor for consumption on the course 
away from the licensed area. 
This subsection takes effect January 1, 2006. 
Sec. 4. 28-A MRSA §1075-A is enacted to read: 
§1075-A. 
Golf course mobile service bar 
1. 
Definitions. 
As 
used 
in this 
section, 
unless 
the 
context 
otherwise 
indicates, 
the 
following 
terms 
have 
the 
following meanings. 
A. 
"Mobile service bar" means a golf cart or other similar 
vehicle staffed by 
an 
employee 
of 
the golf 
course 
and 
outfitted for storage, cooling or refrigeration and sale and 
service of malt liquor in cans or bottles. 
2. 
License. 
The bureau may issue a license for a mobile 
service bar to a licensee who owns a golf course or may issue a 
license for a mobile service bar to a Class A restaurant, Class A 
restaurant/lounge or Class I hotel located at a golf course and 
to a golf course owner. 
The licensee shall ensure that: 
A. 
All 
individuals selling, 
serving or dispensing malt 
liguor from a mobile service bar are employees of the golf 
course; 
B. 
All malt liguor possessed and 
consumed 
on the golf 
course is sold by the licensee; 
C. 
A 
sufficient 
number 
of 
employees 
are 
deployed 
to 
adeguately control and ensure adherence to laws applying to 
the serving, sale and consumption of malt liguor on the golf 
course; 
D. 
Service or consumption of any liguor is not allowed in 
parking lots except as otherwise provided in this chapter; 
E. 
A licensee or licensee's employees do not allow patrons 
to leave the golf course with any liguori 
F. 
Only one standard serving of malt liguor is served to an 
individual at a time: 
G. 
Signs are posted that state that a patron may not bring 
alcoholic beverages onto the premises of the golf course: 
H. 
Signs are placed on the mobile service bar that state 
that service or consumption of any liguor by a person under 
years of age is prohibited; 
I. 
Malt liguor from a mobile service bar is purchased and 
consumed only by those patrons engaged in a round of golf; 
and 
J. 
The operator of a mobile service bar has successfully 
completed an alcohol server education course approved by the 
bureau. 
3. 
Penalty. 
A person who brings alcoholic beverages onto 
the premises of a golf course commits a civil violation for which 
a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,500 may be adjudged. 
4. 
Revocation of license. 
Licenses issued by the bureau 
under this section and any other license to sell liguor for 
on-premises consumption held by a 
licensee under this section 
must be revoked for violation of the liguor laws or any rule 
adopted by the bureau. 
5. 
Repeal. 
This section is repealed January 1, 2006. 
SUMMARY 
This bill permits the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of 
Liquor Enforcement to license golf courses to serve liquor on 
courses 
from 
mobile 
service bars. 
The bill establishes 
the 
annual license fee for a mobile service bar at $100 and limits 
sales from a mobile service bar to just malt liquor. 
It also 
requires that a licensee ensure that malt liquor 
1S served to 
only those engaged in a round of golf and that the operator of a 
mobile 
service 
bar 
successfully 
complete 
an 
alcohol 
server 
education course approved by the Bureau of Liquor Enforcement 
within the Department of Public Safety. 
The bill also requires 
that the bureau revoke a license for a mobile service bar for 
violation of the liquor laws or any rule adopted by the bureau. 
The bill provides 
for 
the 
repeal 
of 
the mobile 
service bar 
license provisions on January 1, 2006. 
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