An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1691
Committee Amendment CA_A_H681 (House)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §460, 28-A MRSA §1207

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1192, L.D. 1691, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing Taste Testing of Alcoholic Beverages by Retail Licensees" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §460, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, § I, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
N. Taste-testing activities by agency liquor stores that are full-service grocery stores 
offering a wide variety of sundries and food and beverage items for sale, do not 
. showcase alcoholic beverages as the primary product offered for sale and are at least 
20,000 square feet in retail space must be conducted in a specific location in the store, 
to be approved by the bureau, that, within reason, would best afford customers of the 
store the choice to avoid interaction with the taste-testing activities. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRS A §120S, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §2, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
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Taste-testing activities by retail licensees that are full-service grocely stores 
offering a wide variety of sundries and food and beverage items for sale, do not 
showcase alcoholic beverages as the primary product offered for sale and are at least 
20,000 square feet in retail space must be conducted in a specific location in the store, 
designated by the retail 'Iicensee and approved by the bureau, that, within reason, 
would best afford customers of the store the choice to avoid interaction with the taste-
testing activities. 
Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1207, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §4, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
L. 
Taste-testing activities by retail licensees that are full-service grocery stores 
offering a wide variety of sundries and food and beverage items for sale, do not 
showcase alcoholic beverages as the primary product offered for sale and are at least 
20,000 square feet in retail space must be conducted in a specific location in the store, 
designated by the retail licensee and approved by the bureau, that, within reason, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1192, L.D. 1691 
would best afford customers of the store the choice to avoid interaction with the taste-
testing activities.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report and replaces the bill. The amendment, like the 
bill, strikes the provision in current law that requires that alcoholic beverage taste-testing 
events be conducted in a manner that precludes the possibility of observation by children. 
The amendment provides that taste-testing events for larger stores must be loc'ated to best 
afford customers the choice to avoid interaction with the taste-testing event.' . 
FISCAL :\OTE REOLlRED 
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Approved: 03/0211 0 frac:. 
LD 1691 
LR 2066(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Taste Testing of Alcoholic Beverages by Retail Licensees 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment :A" 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with approving the specific location in which a taste 
testing event will be held can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LR2066(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I