1. Spirits. The bureau shall sell all spirits at a price that will produce, in addition to any other tax or charge imposed under state or federal law, a premium in the amount specified in subsection 3.

[PL 1997, c. 373, §139 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §61 (REV).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A Sec. 1703

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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
  • Hard cider: means liquor produced by fermentation of the juice of apples or pears, including, but not limited to, flavored, sparkling or carbonated cider, that contains not less than 1/2 of 1% alcohol by volume and not more than 8. 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
  • 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
  • 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. Malt liquor, wine, low-alcohol spirits products, fortified wines and hard cider.

[PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §9 (RP); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]

3. Amount of premium. The premium is:
A. [PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §10 (RP); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]
B. [PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §10 (RP); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]
C. [PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §10 (RP); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]
D. One dollar and twenty-five cents per proof gallon as the term proof gallon is defined in the United States Code, title 26, § 5002, on all spirits sold in the State. [PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

[PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §10 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]

4. Payment to General Fund. The bureau shall immediately pay all premiums collected under this section to the Treasurer of State to be credited to the General Fund.

[PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §61 (REV); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §11 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF).]

5. Appropriation. The amount of funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for substance use disorder prevention and treatment may not be less than the dollar amount collected or received by the bureau under this section.

[PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §115 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 934, §§C4,5 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). PL 1991, c. 528, §§VV9,10 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 591, §§VV9,10 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 462, §8 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 462, §9 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §§139-144 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 767, §§5,6 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §75 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §61 (REV). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §§9-12 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. XXXX, §13 (AFF). PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §115 (AMD).