An Act To Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products for Off-premises Consumption at Taste-testing Events and Farmers' Markets and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1536
Committee Amendment CA_A_H364 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1056, L.D. 1536, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products for Off-premises Consumption at Taste-
testing Events and Farmers' Markets and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Spirits at Farmers' Markets and To 
Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 to 3. 
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 3 by striking out all of paragraph B (page 2, 
lines 10 to 13 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'B. Prior to each month during which the licensee wishes to sell or conduct a taste 
testing at a farmers' market, the licensee shall provide to the bureau a list of the date, 
time and location of each farmers' market at which the licensee intends to sell or 
conduct a taste testing and must receive approval from the bureau for that month;' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 3 by striking out all of paragraph F (page 2, 
lines 23 and 24 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'F. Taste testing or sampling of wine, spirits and malt liquor is not permitted at the 
formers' market may be conducted in accordance with section 1367 .' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 3 in paragraph G in the last line (page 2, 
line 26 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "this Title." the following: 'The holder of 
a small distillery license may provide spirits for sale at a farmers' market in the same 
manner as permitted under section 1355-A, subsection 5, paragraph G.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 13 67 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 3, line 2 in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "section" the following: 'and the applicable bylaws 
of the farmers' market' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1367 in subsection 1 in the 3rd line (page 3, line 4 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "farmers' markets" and inserting the following: '!! 
farmers' market' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" H' to H.P. 1056, L.D. 1536 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1367 in subsection 1 in the last line (page 3, line 5 in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "paragraph A." the following: 'A farmers' market 
may allow up to 2 dates per month on which a licensee described in this subsection may 
conduct a taste-testing event.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in§ 1367 in subsection 2 in paragraph Gin the last 2 lines 
(page 3, lines 22 and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11A licensee is limited to 6 
taste-testing events per calendar year at farmers' markets." 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1367 in subsection 2 by inserting after paragraph G 
the following: 
'H. A licensee may provide for taste testing only liquor that is manufactured by the 
licensee in accordance with section 1355-A.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the provisions in the bill that permit a manufacturer who 
takes part in a taste-testing event to also sell the manufacturer's products at that event for 
off-premises consumption. 
The bill eliminates the requirement that a manufacturer 
provide advance notice to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, 
Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations that the manufacturer is selling its 
product at a farmers' market. The amendment maintains that requirement and requires 
that notice of a taste-testing event also be provided to the bureau. The amendment 
clarifies that spirits sold by a small distillery at a farmers' market may be sold in the same 
manner as permitted under current law when a small distillery sells spirits from its 
manufacturing facility for off-premises consumption. 
The amendment maintains the 
authorization in the bill that manufacturers of liquor may conduct a taste testing at 
farmers' markets. The amendment specifies that the manufacturer must comply with the 
bylaws of the farmers' market in order to conduct a taste testing and that a farmers' 
market is limited to 2 taste-testing events per month at which a manufacturer may offer 
the manufacturer's product for taste testing. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/23/17 :tPaC! 
LD 1536 
LR 720(02) 
An Act To Allow Maine Manufacturers To Sell Products for Off-premises Consumption at Taste-
testing Events and Farmers' Markets and To Allow Taste Testings at Farmers' Markets ' \ 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,fr CH- .-3 l.P l±J 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill would add manufacturers of spirits to the list of entities allowed to offer samples of and sell alcoholic 
beverages for off-premise consumption at farmers markets. Any additional General Fund revenue as a result of 
additional licenses is anticipated to be minor. 
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