An Act Regarding Promotional Materials and Mail-in Rebates for Spirits Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 28-A :MRSA §708, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1993, c. , 615, §4, is amended to read: 5. Combination packages. Notwithstanding subsection 3, agency liquor store licensees may offer for sale any package or combination of packages of spirits that the commission has approved for sale in s~a~e-li~QaF-s~aFes this State. Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §708, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 6. Marketing promotions. Upon approval by the commission, promotional materials, including mail-in rebates, designed to encourage a consumer to purchase a spirits product to be attached to or displayed near the spirits product where it is offered for sale for off-premises consumption may be offered by those whose spirits products are listed by the commission. Mail-in rebates approved by the commission must be redeemed by the manufacturer and not by the retail licensee and may not exceed the purchase price of the spirits product. Page l-LR2697(2} COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1830
Committee Amendment CA_A_H776 (House)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §708

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "1/,, to H.P. 1270, L.D. 1830, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Clarify 
Provisions 
of 
the 
Alcoholic 
Beverage 
Laws 
Regarding Promotions" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act Regarding Promotional Materials and Mail-in Rebates for 
Spirits' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 28-A :MRSA §708, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
, 615, §4, is amended to read: 
5. 
Combination packages. 
Notwithstanding subsection 3, 
agency liquor store licensees may offer for sale any package or 
combination of packages 
of spirits that the 
commission 
has 
approved for sale in s~a~e-li~QaF-s~aFes this State. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §708, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. 
Marketing promotions. 
Upon approval by the commission, 
promotional materials, 
including mail-in rebates, 
designed to 
encourage a consumer to purchase a spirits product to be attached 
to or displayed near the spirits product where it is offered for 
sale for off-premises consumption may be offered by those whose 
spirits products are listed by the commission. 
Mail-in rebates 
approved by the commission must be redeemed by the manufacturer 
and not by the retail licensee and may not exceed the purchase 
price of the spirits product.' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A .. to H.P. 1270, L.D. 1830 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. It 
removes 
a 
reference to state 
liquor stores with 
regard to 
combination packages of spirits approved by the State Liquor and 
Lottery Commission for sale in the State. 
The amendment also 
provides that promotional materials, including mail-in rebates, 
designed to encourage consumer purchase of spirits, upon approval 
by the commission, may be offered by those whose spirits are 
listed by the commission. 
The amendment specifies that mail-in 
rebates for spirits must be redeemed by the manufacturer and may 
not exceed the purchase price of the spirits product. 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT