Regarding Rulemaking and Pricing under the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations
Category: | Alcohol / Tobacco / Guns |
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Status: | Passed |
Sponsor: | Senator Craig Hickman, Senate 14 - Kennebec County |
Session: | 130 |
Bill #: | LD 1906 |
Position:
Monitoring.
UPDATE 4/25/22: This bill became law without her signature.
Summary:
Senator Hickman of Kennebec would make changes to Maine’s alcohol laws. It would: 1. Make rules adopted by the bureau regarding labeling and pricing of spirits major substantive rules; 2. Sets limits on the ways in which the bureau can set or alter prices of spirits; 3. Allows a once-per-year gift from a certificate of approval holder to a retailer of spirits of a refrigerated display unit; and 4. Requires the bureau to present data regarding the sale of spirits in terms of on premises retail sales and off-premises retail sales.