Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1063 – Class A restaurants and Class A restaurant/lounges
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1. Issuance of license. The bureau may issue licenses under this section for the sale of spirits, wine and malt liquor for on-premises consumption to Class A restaurants, as defined in section 2, subsection 15, paragraph R, and to Class A restaurant/lounges, as defined in section 2, subsection 15, paragraph R-1.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §180 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1063
- Bureau: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Class A restaurant: means a place that is regularly used for the purpose of providing full meals for the public on the premises, that is equipped with a separate and complete kitchen and that maintains adequate dining room equipment and capacity for preparing and serving full meals upon the premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Licensee: includes , but is not limited to, agency liquor stores and certificate of approval holders. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Liquor: means spirits, wine, malt liquor or hard cider, or any substance containing liquor, intended for human consumption, that contains more than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Restaurant: means a place that is regularly used for the purpose of providing food for the public and that has adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity for preparing and serving suitable food for the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Spirits: means any liquor produced by distillation or, if produced by any other process, strengthened or fortified by the addition of spirits of any kind. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Wine: includes , but is not limited to, hard cider, wine coolers, table wine, still wine, sparkling wine, champagne and fortified wine that do not contain more than 24% alcohol by volume. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Income from sale of food requirement.
[PL 2023, c. 44, §18 (RP).]
2-A. Income from sale of food requirement. At least 10% of the gross annual income must be from the sale of food for each Class A restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge.
[PL 2023, c. 44, §19 (NEW).]
3. Bureau to determine whether new applicant would probably meet sale of food requirement. The bureau may not issue an initial license to a Class A restaurant or a Class A restaurant/lounge unless it determines that the applicant would probably meet the requirement of subsection 2?A.
[PL 2023, c. 44, §20 (AMD).]
4. Proof of compliance with sale of food requirement for license renewal. The bureau may not renew a Class A restaurant’s or a Class A restaurant/lounge’s license unless the licensee furnishes the bureau with proof that the previous year‘s business met the requirement of subsection 2?A. If the bureau determines that the licensee has not satisfied the requirement of subsection 2?A, the bureau may renew the license for only one year, during which the licensee must meet the requirement of subsection 2?A to be eligible for further license renewal.
[PL 2023, c. 44, §21 (AMD).]
5. Class A restaurant/lounges; minors.
[PL 1995, c. 25, §1 (RP).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 342, §88 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 410, §ZZ18 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 730, §42 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 25, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 658, §180 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 44, §§18-21 (AMD).