An Act To Transfer Responsibility for the Enforcement of Liquor Laws to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0821
Committee Amendment CA_A_H483 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/1,, to H.P. 617, L.D. 821, Bill, "An Act To 
Transfer Responsibility for the Enforcement of Liquor Laws to the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery 
Operations" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Study the Feasibility of Transferring Administration of the Liquor 
Laws to the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations and the 
division of liquor licensing within the Department of Public Safety to 
examine the feasibility of transferring the administration of the liquor laws. 
Resolved: 
That the Director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery 
Operations within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services or the 
director's designee and the director of the division of liquor licensing within the 
Department of Public Safety shall examine the feasibility of transferring the 
administration of the laws governing alcoholic beverages from the division of liquor 
licensing to the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. The directors 
jointly shall issue a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs 
no later than February 1,2012. The report must include a list of the responsibilities of the 
division of liquor licensing and indicate which of those responsibilities requires the use of 
a sworn law enforcement officer. 
The report must consider staffing and personnel 
changes and any cost savings that would be recognized as the result of transfer. The 
report must include a list of statutory changes that would be necessary to facilitate the 
transfer. The Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs is authorized to 
report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature based on the 
findings of the report.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMIITEE AMENDMENT ,A " 
to H.P. 617, L.D. 821 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Director of the Bureau 
of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department of Administrative 
and Financial Services and the director of the division of liquor licensing within the 
Department of Public Safety to issue a report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Veterans and Legal Affairs examining the feasibility of transferring administration of the 
liquor laws from the division of liquor licensing to the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages 
and Lottery Operations. The resolve authorizes the committee to report out a bill to the 
FISCAL ~OTE REQLlRED 
(See attached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/02111 
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LD821 
LR 1919(02) 
An Act To Transfer Responsibility for the Enforcement of Liquor Laws to the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Departments of Administrative and Financial Services and Public Safety associated with 
examining the feasibility of transferring the administration of the laws governing alcoholic beverages and reporting 
the results can be absorbed with existing staff and within existing budgeted resources. 
LR1919(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1