An Act To Permit lOa Licensed Sales Representative To lo~ide Spirits at an Approved Tasting Event
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0511
Committee Amendment CA_A_H176 (House)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §460, 28-A MRSA §1501

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" IJ "to H.P. 350, L.D. 511, Bill, "An Act To Permit 
lOa Licensed Sales Representative To lo~ide Spirits at an Approved Tasting Event" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §460, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §1, is 
amended to read: 
1. Taste testing on agency liquor store premises. Subject to the conditions in 
subsection 2, the bureau may authorize an agency liquor store stocking at least 200 
different codes of distilled spirits products to conduct taste testing of distilled spirits on 
that licensee's premises. An agency liquor store may request authority to conduct a taste 
testing using forms prescribed by the bureau. 
The request must indicate if a sales 
representative licensed under section 1502 will be providing the spirits for taste testing 
and verification that the sales representative has successfully completed an alcohol server 
education course approved by the commissioner. Any other consumption of alcoholic 
beverages on an agency liquor store's premises is prohibited, except as permitted under 
section 1205 or 1207. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §460, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §460, sub-§2, ~-1 is enacted to read: 
M-l. Distilled spirits served at a taste testing must be provided by the agency liquor 
store or purchased, at the retail list price, by a licensed sales representative 
participating in the taste testing from existing stock available for purchase at the 
agency liquor store. 
Sec. 4. 28-A MRSA §1501, as amended by PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. B, §5, is further 
amended to read: 
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§1501. Lists of officers, partners and sales representatives 
All persons selling liquor fa in the State shall furnish to the bureau a list of all officers 
and directors, if a corporation, or a list of all partners, if a partnership, and the name of 
the sales representatives of the person within the State. 
Sec. S. 
28-A MRSA §lS0S, first " as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §5, is 
amended to read: 
A sales representative holding a license under section 1502 may participate in a 
tasting event permitted under section 460 ... ef 1205 or 1207 subject to the provisions of 
this section. 
Sec. 6. 28-A MRSA §lS0S, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 459, §5, is 
amended to read: 
4. 
Pour or distribute. A sales representative participating in a tasting event 
pursuant to this section may not pour or distribute to consumers the products being 
offered for tasting during the event. A sales representative may purchase spirits for a 
consumer tasting event in compliance with section 460 if the sales representative has 
successfully completed an alcohol server education course approved by the 
commissioner.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee. The 
amendment provides that a licensed sales representative may provide spirits for a taste 
testing at an agency liquor store. The agency liquor store must indicate that a sales 
representative will be providing the product and verify that the sales representative has 
successfully completed an alcohol server education course when it requests authorization 
to conduct a spirits tasting event. Spirits provided by a sales representative must be 
purchased at the regular retail price from the agency liquor store where the tasting will 
take place. Under the provision of law governing licensed sales representatives, the 
amendment adds the requirement that a sales representative who provides spirits for a 
consumer tasting at an agency liquor store must have successfully completed an alcohol 
server education course. The amendment also makes a technical correction to existing 
law governing licensed sales representatives. 
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