An Act To Require the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations To Provide Annual Reports on Spirits Sales Revenues and Expenditures To Promote Lottery Sales
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1669
Amends: 8 MRSA §372, 28-A MRSA §84

Legislative Document 
No. 1669 
H.P. 1138 
House of Representatives, March 22, 2016 
An Act To Require the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery 
Operations To Provide Annual Reports on Spirits Sales Revenues 
and Expenditures To Promote Lottery Sales 
Reported by Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 955, 
subsection 4. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  8 MRSA §372, sub-§2, ¶I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. MM, §1, 
is further amended to read: 
I.  Carry on a continuous study and investigation of the lotteries throughout the State 
and the operation and administration of similar laws that may be in effect in other 
jurisdictions.  The director, subject to the prior approval of the commission, may 
enter into a written agreement with a multijurisdictional lottery association for the 
operation, marketing and promotion of a joint lottery or joint lottery games with other 
jurisdictions. 
Any final agreement entered into with a multijurisdictional lottery association must 
provide that the director has the authority to terminate the agreement upon the 
provision of reasonable notice, not to exceed 6 months.  The final agreement must 
further provide that the director may terminate the agreement at any time, without 
prior notice, in the event that the director's authority is withdrawn or limited by law; 
and 
Sec. 2.  8 MRSA §372, sub-§2, ¶J, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. Y, §112, is 
amended to read: 
J.  Assign duties as necessary to a designee.; and 
Sec. 3.  8 MRSA §372, sub-§2, ¶K is enacted to read: 
K.  Beginning January 15, 2017, report annually to the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over lottery operations matters on expenditures 
approved by the director, made during the immediately preceding fiscal year, to 
promote lottery sales through marketing and advertising. 
Sec. 4.  28-A MRSA §84, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 373, §28 and 
amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §61, is further amended to read: 
4.  Confer with commissioner.  Confer regularly as necessary or desirable and not 
less than once a month with the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
on the operation and administration of the bureau and make available for inspection by 
the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, upon request, all books, 
records, files and other information and documents of the bureau; and 
Sec. 5.  28-A MRSA §84, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. B, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
5.  Certification.  Certify monthly to the Treasurer of State and the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services a complete statement of revenues and expenses for 
liquor sales for the preceding month and submit an annual report that includes a complete 
statement of the revenues and expenses for the bureau to the Governor and the 
Legislature, together with recommendations for changes in this Title.; and 
Sec. 6.  28-A MRSA §84, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6.  Report on spirits revenues and profits.  Beginning January 15, 2017, submit an 
annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
alcoholic beverages matters on the immediately preceding fiscal year's gross revenues 
and operating profits from the sale of spirits in this State.  The report must include the 
amount of payments or distributions required by law using revenues from the sale of 
spirits, including, but not limited to, the payment to the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund 
established under Title 30-A, section 6054. 
SUMMARY 
This bill is submitted by the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 955 and in response to the report 
submitted by the State Liquor and Lottery Commission and the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery 
Operations as required by the State Government Evaluation Act under Title 3, section 
959, subsection 1, paragraph J. The purpose of the bill is to ensure the committee has 
adequate information to facilitate its role of overseeing and monitoring the operation of 
the Maine State Lottery Commission and the State's spirits business. 
The bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery 
Operations within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to submit 
annual reports to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
alcoholic beverages and lottery operations matters.  Beginning January 15, 2017, the 
director is required to submit a report of expenditures made to promote lottery sales 
through advertising and marketing and a report on the gross revenues and operating 
profits from the sale of spirits in the State. 
Approved: 03/18/16
LD 1669   
LR 2765(01)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Fiscal Note
Any additional cost to the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services to make reports on lottery expenditures and on gross revenue and operating 
profits from sale of spirits in the State are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources.
An Act To Require the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations To Provide Annual 
Reports on Spirits Sales Revenues and Expenditures To Promote Lottery Sales
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Minor cost increase - General Fund
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