Maine LD 102: An Act To Strengthen the Craft Beer Industry

LD 102 (subjects: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES , BEER )

Official bill page at mainelegislature.org: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=102&PID=1456&snum=127

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Actions

	Chamber	Action
1/20/2015	Senate	Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed On motion by Senator Cyrway of Kennebec REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
1/20/2015	House	Bill REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
3/24/2015	Senate	Report READ and ACCEPTED READ ONCE Committee Amendment “A” (S-8) READ and ADOPTED Assigned for Second Reading next Legislative Day
3/25/2015	Senate	COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment “A” (S-8). Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
3/26/2015	House	CONSENT CALENDAR – FIRST DAY
3/31/2015	House	Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary Representative McLEAN of Gorham, Chair, House of Representatives Report Accepted. CONSENT CALENDAR – SECOND DAY. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment “A” (S-8). In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/1/2015	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/2/2015	Senate	PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

Important Note: The bill text below presents L.D. 102 as originally introduced. L.D. 102 was changed by the legislature through amendment. To understand the impact of this legislation in proper context, be sure to read adopted amendment text, available here: C-A (S-8) .

An Act To Strengthen the Craft Beer Industry

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA 1355-A, sub- 6, G, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 345, 4, is amended to read:

G. Only one No more than 9 tenant brewer license licenses may be issued per host brewer licensed under subsection 3.

summary

Current law allows a person licensed to manufacture malt liquor to host one tenant brewer at that person’s manufacturing facility. This bill amends that law to allow for up to 9 tenant brewers per host at a manufacturing facility.

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This information about LD 102 was last updated on 2016-05-12.
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