Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1077 – Public service corporations
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1. Licenses. The bureau may issue licenses under this section for the sale of spirits, wine and malt liquor by vessel corporations, railroad corporations and airline corporations in their vessels, passenger cars, dining cars and aircraft.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1077
- Airline corporation: means a person operating regularly scheduled intrastate or interstate passenger air transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- 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
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means a corporation organized and incorporated under the laws of the State or authorized to transact business within the State. 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
- Municipal officers: means the mayor and aldermen or councillors of a city, the members of the select board or councillors of a town and the assessors of plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Public service corporation: means an airline corporation, railroad corporation or vessel corporation operating in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- Railroad corporation: means a corporation operating one or more dining cars or passenger cars within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 2
- sell: means any transfer or delivery of liquor for a consideration. 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
- Vessel: means a ship, vessel or boat of any kind used for navigation of the coastal waters or for commercial navigation of inland waters and licensed for carrying no fewer than 25 passengers under the requirements of the Public Utilities Commission or the United States Coast Guard. 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
2. Vessel corporations. The requirements and conditions for licenses for vessel corporations are as follows.
A. The bureau may not require that the vessels operated by vessel corporations be equipped to supply food or provide food service. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
B. Except as provided in subparagraph (1), licenses issued under this section to vessel corporations operating vessels on coastal waters authorize the licensees to sell liquor on board those vessels after leaving and before reaching ports on coastal waters. Except as provided in subparagraph (1), licenses issued under this section to vessel corporations operating vessels on inland waters within the State authorize the licensees to sell liquor on board those vessels after leaving and before reaching docks on inland waters within the State.
(1) A licensee may sell liquor for consumption on board a vessel that is in port or docked only if prior approval for the sale is obtained from the bureau under the license application procedure in section 653. A separate approval must be obtained for each port or dock location from which on-board sales of liquor are to be made. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
C. A vessel corporation licensed to sell liquor under this section may sell liquor on Sundays only between the hours of 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. the following day on board vessels operating on inland waters or on coastal waters. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 121 and 122, a vessel corporation licensed under this section may sell liquor on board vessels operating on inland waters without approval of the municipal officers or, in the case of unincorporated places, the county commissioners. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
For purposes of this subsection, “coastal waters” has the same meaning as in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 6.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
3. Railroad corporations. The requirements and conditions for licenses for railroad corporations are as follows.
A. The license issued to a railroad corporation operating dining cars or passenger cars within the State authorizes the licensee to sell liquor to be consumed in those dining cars or passenger cars only after leaving and before reaching the terminal stops. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
[PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
4. Airline corporations. The requirements and conditions for licenses for airline corporations are as follows.
A. The license issued to an airline corporation operating aircraft within the State authorizes the licensee to sell liquor in those aircraft to be consumed in the aircraft only after leaving and before reaching airports within the State. [PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
[PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
5. License sufficient throughout the State. One license issued under this section is sufficient to cover all vessels, passenger cars, dining cars or aircraft operated by the licensed public service corporation.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 342, §100 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §§102,103 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 656, §§2-4 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 74, §5 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 658, §206 (AMD).