Whereas, the fair season will begin before this Act takes effect; and

Whereas, the vendors need to know before the fair season begins how many licenses they need to purchase; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1552, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 470, §9 and affected by §19, is amended to read:

3. Multiple licenses. A licensee applying for licenses to operate more than one premises or more than one vending machine shall obtain a separate license for each premises and each machine and shall pay the fee prescribed for each premises and each machine.

An applicant who is a seasonal mobile tobacco vendor shall obtain only one license per agricultural fair season.__The license covers all fairs, festivals and exhibitions for the season in which the license is issued.__In addition to the license fee in subsection 1, a seasonal mobile tobacco vendor must pay an additional $10 for each cart that the seasonal mobile tobacco vendor operates during the fair season.

For the purposes of this subsection, "seasonal mobile tobacco vendor" means a person who sells tobacco products at more than one fair, festival or exhibition during an agricultural fair season.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

This bill requires a person who sells tobacco products at agricultural fairs, festivals or exhibitions to obtain only one license during the fair season. The bill also establishes a fee of $10 for each cart that a person operates during a fair season in addition to the $50 license fee. The bill also defines a