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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
Second Special Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 579
H.P. 486 - L.D. 656

An Act to Allow Beverage Sales from Mobile Service Bars on Golf Courses

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

     Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1012, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

     4. Golf course mobile service bar. A licensee who is the owner of a golf course may apply for a license to sell malt liquor from a mobile service bar as provided in section 1075-A. The license fee per calendar year is $100.

This subsection is repealed January 1, 2006.

     Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1075, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 195, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

     2. Sales for consumption on slopes or courses prohibited. This section does not permit a ski area to sell liquor for consumption on the slopes away from the licensed area. Except as provided in section 1075-A, a golf course may not sell liquor for consumption on the course away from the licensed area.

This subsection is repealed January 1, 2006.

     Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §1075, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

     2-A. Sales for consumption on slopes or courses prohibited. This section does not permit a ski area to sell liquor for consumption on the slopes away from the licensed area or a golf course to sell liquor for consumption on the course away from the licensed area.

This subsection takes effect January 1, 2006.

     Sec. 4. 28-A MRSA §1075-A is enacted to read:

§1075-A. Golf course mobile service bar

     1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

     2. License. The bureau may issue a license for a mobile service bar to a licensee who owns a golf course or may issue a license for a mobile service bar to a Class A restaurant, Class A restaurant/lounge or Class I hotel located at a golf course and to a golf course owner. The licensee shall ensure that:

     3. Penalty. A person who brings alcoholic beverages onto the premises of a golf course commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,500 may be adjudged.

     4. Revocation of license. Licenses issued by the bureau under this section and any other license to sell liquor for on-premises consumption held by a licensee under this section must be revoked for violation of the liquor laws or any rule adopted by the bureau.

     5. Transportation of open containers prohibited. A patron of a golf course licensed under this section who operates a golf cart is prohibited from transporting an open container of liquor across a public way as defined by Title 29-A, section 2112-A, subsection 1, paragraph D.

     6. Repeal. This section is repealed January 1, 2006.

Effective July 30, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.

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