An Act To Streamline Certain Regulations on Small Distilleries
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0986
Committee Amendment CA_A_H349 (House)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §1355-A, 28-A MRSA §1357

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 681, L.D. 986, Bill, "An Act To 
Streamline Certain Regulations on Small Distilleries" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1355-A, sub-§S, ~, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 629, §22, 
is amended to read: 
D. Spirits produced by a holder of a distillery or small distillery license must be sold 
to the State and are subject to the listing, pricing and distribution provisions of this 
Title and rules established by the bureau in accordance with section 1357. 
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1357 is enacted to read: 
§1357. Sales of sphits from small distillery manluacturing location 
A small distillery licensed under section 1355-A that produces less than 25,000 
gallons of spirits per year may, in accordance with rules adopted by the bureau, sell its 
own spirits on the licensed premises where those spirits are produced without the 
distillery being required to transport those spirits away from the distillery. Ru1es initially 
adopted in accordance with this section are major substantive rules in accordance with 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Subsequent rules adopted in accordance with this 
section that are nonsubstantive, clarifying amendments to the initially adopted rules are 
routine technical rules. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Alcoholic Beverages - General Operation 0015 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to conduct rulemaking. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COIvllvlITTEE AMENDMENT "4" to H.P. 681, L.D. 986 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SU~y 
2015-16 
$3,000 
$3,000 
2016-17 
$0 
$0 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment allows a small distillery that 
produces less than 25,000 gallons of spirits per year to sell its own spirits at the distillery 
without these spirits having to be transported away from the distillery, in accordance with 
rules adopted by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. 
The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/05115 
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LD 986 
. LR 1775(02) 
An Act To Streamline Certain Regulations on Small Distilleries 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by CommJttee Amendment 'n' 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
FiscalNote 
Cl:?H9) 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
Net Cost (Savingst 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$3,000 
$0 
$0 
$3,000 
$0 
$0 
. 
. 
The bill requires the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and LottelyOperations (BABLO) within the Department of 
$0 
$0 
Admini"strative and Financial Services to adopt lUles allowing certain small distilleries to sell their own spirits on the' 
licensed premises where those spirits are produced without being required to transport those spirits from the distillery. 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of$3,000.in fiscal year 2015-16 for costs to conduct 
lUlemaking. Assuming these rules are finally.adopteci, BABin will require General Fund appropriations of 
approximately $88,000 annually for one new Liquor License Inspectorposition to validate the quantitY of spirits 
produced and sold by these small distilleries. 
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