An Act To Create Equity for Wine and Spirits Container Deposits
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1703
Committee Amendment CA_A_H626 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1183, L.D. 1703, Bill, "An Act To 
Create Equity for Wine and Spirits Container Deposits" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Alcoholic Beverages - General Operation 0015 
Initiative: Provides an allocation for reimbursement payments to agency liquor stores for 
the difference between the deposits on spirits purchased before March 1, 2019 and the 
refund value on those same purchases still unsold or returned after that date. 
STATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FUND 
All Other 
STATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$60,000 
$60,000 
Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that repeals and replaces the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 3103, subsection 4 takes effect March 1, 2019.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, provides that the 
uniform refund value of not more than 5 ¢ for all wine and spirits containers does not take 
effect until March 1, 2019. It also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the 
bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/27 /18 wac. 
LD 1703 
LR2632(02) 
An Act To Create Equity for Wine and Spirits Container Deposits 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •{Jr C 
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Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
State Alcoholic Beverage Fund 
$0 
$60,000 
$0 
$0 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill would create a uniform refund value of 5¢ for all returnable beverage containers starting March 1, 2019. 
Because the bottle redemption program is included in the spirits administration contract with Pine State Trading 
Company, this change would require an addendum to the cmrent contract. As a result of the new redemption value, 
the spirits contract vendor would be required to phase in new redemption stickers and to affix new redemption stickers 
to any remaining invent01y in stock that was purchased prior to, and that remained unsold on, March 1, 2019. 
Additionally, because the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations acts as the initiator of deposits on 
Spirits purchased under the spirits contract, the bureau will be required to reimburse agency liquor stores fo;r the cost 
difference between the deposits on spirits purchased before March 1, 2019 and the refund value on those same 
purchases still unsold or returned after that date. The bill includes a one-time allocation of $60,000 in fiscal year 2018-
to reimburse agency liquor stores. It is anticipated that the Alcoholic Beverages Fund will have sufficient revenue 
to fund the allocation. 
Any additional costs to the Department of Environmental Protection as a result of changes to the redemption value are 
anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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