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LR 845
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1.__Health Promotion Fund.__There is created the Health
Promotion Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund."__
All revenue received from the tax imposed by this chapter,
after the cost of administration of this chapter by the bureau
has been deducted, must be paid to the fund.__Money in the
fund does not lapse but is carried forward for the purposes of
this section.__Expenditures from the fund may be made only in
accordance with subsection 2.

 
2.__Use of fund.__Money in the fund may be used for the
following purposes.

 
A.__Fifty percent of money in the fund must be distributed
by the Department of Education each year on a per-student
basis to school administrative units that adopt policies
that prohibit the advertising and sale of soft drinks and
candy on all school property and that make available on a
daily basis Maine dairy products and fresh in-season farm
products for sale and consumption as snack foods and as
part of regular school meal programs.

 
B.__Fifty percent of money in the fund must be used by the
Department of Human Services for a dental health residency
program for one or more qualifying hospitals in the State
based on competitive applications.

 
§4856.__Licenses

 
1.__Distributor, manufacturer or wholesale dealer.__Any
distributor, manufacturer or wholesale dealer who sells or
offers for sale syrups, simple syrups, powders or base
products or soft drinks for sale to retailers within the State
shall obtain from the bureau a license for the privilege of
conducting such business within the State.

 
2.__Retailer.__Any retailer who purchases syrups, simple
syrups, powders or base products or soft drinks from an
unlicensed distributor, manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall
obtain a license from the bureau for the privilege of
conducting such business.

 
3.__Location; display.__Any person required to obtain a
license under this chapter shall obtain a license for each
place of business owned or operated by that person.__The
license must be conspicuously displayed at the place of
business for which it was issued.

 
§4857.__Rules


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