An Act To Create a Small Distillery Off-premises License Further amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following: Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §2, sub-§29-A is enacted to read: A. Small distillery. Small distillery means a distiller that produces distilled spirits in an amount that does not exceed 50,000 gallons per year. Further amend the bill in section 3 by striking out all of subsection 5 and inserting in its place the following: 5. small disti~1~7 9££ premjses IjCftP§e. Notwithstanding chapter 19, a person who holds a distiller license under section 1551. subsection 3, paragraph A and is a small distillery may obtain a small distillery off-premises license to sell spirits for consumption off the distillery premises, as long as the spirits are manufactured by the distillery, the distiller obtained the spirits for sale from the State and th& ~irits are sold on the premises of the distillery at the retail prices established by the alcohol bureau in accordance with its rules. Page l-LR1552(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1335
Committee Amendment CA_A_S263 (Senate)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §2

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~, to S.P. 462, L.D. 1335, Bill, "An 
Act To Add Value to Maine Agricultural Products" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Create a Small Distillery Off-premises License' 
Further 
amend 
the bill by inserting after the enacting 
clause and before section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §2, sub-§29-A is enacted to read: 
A. 
Small 
distillery. 
"Small 
distillery" 
means 
a 
distiller that produces distilled spirits in an amount that does 
not exceed 50,000 gallons per year. ' 
Further amend the bill in section 3 by striking out all of 
subsection 5 and inserting in its place the following: 
'5. 
small disti~1~7 9££ premjses IjCftP§e. 
Notwithstanding 
chapter 19, a person who holds a distiller license under section 
1551. subsection 3, paragraph A and is a small distillery may 
obtain a small distillery off-premises license to sell spirits 
for 
consumption off the distillery premises, 
as long as the 
spirits 
are 
manufactured 
by 
the 
distillery, 
the 
distiller 
obtained the spirits for sale from the State and th& ~irits are 
sold on the premises of the distillery at the retail prices 
established by the alcohol bureau in accordance with its rules. 
Page l-LR1552(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A, to S.P. 462, L.D. 1335 
A. 
The small distillery off-premises license fee is $100 
annually. 
B. 
A person may not hold more than one small distillery 
off-premises license. 
C. 
A 
small distillery off-premises 
licensee shall 
keep 
records regarding off-premises sales separate and apart from 
records 
relating to 
any other transaction in which the 
licensee engages. 
D. 
The bureau, upon application by the holder of a small 
distillery 
off-premises 
license 
whose 
distillery 
has 
produced distilled spirits in an amount that exceeds 50,000 
gallons 
in 
one 
year, 
may 
renew 
that 
holder's 
small 
distillery off-premises 
license 
for 
only 
one 
additional 
year. ' 
Further amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
substitutes 
the 
word 
"distiller" 
for 
"manufacturer" to limit the scope of the bill and defines a 
"small distillery" to mean a distillery that does not produce 
spirits in excess of 50,000 gallons per year. It provides that a 
person may hold only one small distillery off-premises license 
and limits the renewal of the license to one additional year for 
distilleries 
that 
exceed 
the 
50,000-gallon 
limit. 
It also 
exempts the holder of a 
small distillery off-premises license 
from being licensed as an agency store and clarifies that a 
person must hold a distiller license to be eligible for a small 
distillery off-premises license. 
This amendment clarifies that 
spirits sold on the distillery premises must go through the state 
control system and requires that off-premises sales records be 
kept separate from the distiller's other business records. 
It 
also clarifies that the license fee is $100 annually. 
FISCAL :'\OTE REQURED 
(See attached) 
Approved: 05124/05 frac:.. 
LD 1335 
LR 1552(02) 
An Act To Add Value to Maine Agricultural Products 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment nA, 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
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