An Act To Promote Responsible Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1074
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: PERRY, BEAUDOIN, CROCKETT, SANBORN
Amends: 28-A MRSA §706

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12.4th MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1074 
H.P.741 
House of Representatives, March 17,2009 
An Act To Promote Responsible Sales of Alcoholic Beverages 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative PERRY of Calais. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: BEAUDOIN of Biddeford, CROCKETT of Augusta, 
SANBORN of Gorham. 
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Be it enacted. by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
. Sec. 1. .28-A MRSA §706, as amended by PL 2005, c. 38, § 1, is further amended 
to read: 
§706. Identification cards; mandatory training 
1. Acceptable identification. A licensee may refuse to serve liquor to any person 
who fails to display upon request an identification card issued under Title 29-A, section 
1410, or a motor vehicle operator's license bearing the photograph of the operator and 
issued under Title 29-A, chapter 11. 
2. Age requirement for identiiication. A licensee or licensee's employee or agent 
may not sell, furnish, give or deliver liquor or imitation liquor to a person under 27 years 
ef-.age unless the licensee or licensee's employee or agent verifies the person is not a 
minor by means of reliable photographic identification containing that person's date of 
birth. 
3. Signs indicat!"g r'egub:lllcnt for identification. A licensee shall display at least 
one sign in a prominent location visible to patrons of the licensed establishment that reads 
as follows: 
"STATE LAW REQUIRES IDENTIFICATION FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC 
BEVERAGES" 
4. Mandatory training. An employee of a licensee who, as a part of the employee's 
employment is required to verify that a' person is not a minor in accordance with this 
section, is required to successfuliy complete an approved training course as' provided in 
section 2519 within 30 days of becoming an employee. 
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Sec. 2. 28-A MRS A §2519, sub-§3, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
E. The availability of online computer training and refresher courses. 
Sec. 3. Report. No later than February 15, 2010, the Commissioner of Public 
Safety or the corrirnissioner's designee shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Legal and Veterans Affairs with recommendations for graduated penalties for violations 
of the requirement that licensees require identification from a person prior to selling or 
serving that person alcoholic beverages. 
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SUMMARY 
This' bill requires that any person who sells or serves alcoholic beverages to any 
person must verify that person's age through photo identification. It also requires that 
licensees post a sign regarding that requirement in a prominent location visible to patrons 
of the establishment. The bill requires any person hired by a licensee who will sell or 
serve alcoholic beverages to successfully complete seller server training within 30 days of 
employment. The bill adds to the approval criteria for training courses that refresher 
courses be available and that tniining be available online. Finally, this bill requires the 
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Commissioner of Public Safety to recommend graduated penalties for failure to comply 
with the identification requirement proposed in this bill.