CHAPTER 446
S.P. 563 - L.D. 1720
An Act to Repeal the Requirement That Victualers Be Licensed by a Municipality
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3811, first ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
No A person may not be a common innkeeper, victualer or tavernkeeper without a license. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not more than $50 may be adjudged.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3812, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
1. Licensing board. The municipal officers of every municipality shall serve as the licensing board for the issuance of innkeepers', victualers' and tavernkeepers' licenses.
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3812, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
A. The board may license as many persons of good moral character to be innkeepers, victualers and or tavernkeepers in the municipality as they consider it considers necessary.
(1) The license must specify the building in which the business will be conducted.
(2) The board may issue the license under any restrictions and regulations that they consider it considers necessary.
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3813, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
Every person licensed as an innkeeper, victualer or tavernkeeper shall pay to the treasurer for the use of the municipality a fee of $1 and any additional amount established by ordinance or bylaw of the municipality.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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