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An Act Regarding Mobile Service Bars at Municipal Golf Courses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1075-A, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 579, §4, is amended to read:
 
A. All individuals selling, serving or dispensing malt liquor from a mobile service bar are employees of the golf course, except as provided in subsection 2-A;
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1075-A, sub-§2, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 579, §4, is amended to read:
 
K. The operator of a mobile service bar has the ability and necessary tools to immediately contact a golf course employee working at the part of the golf course licensed as an on-premises establishment or an employee of a Class A restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge operating under a contract with a municipal golf course for assistance in enforcing the provisions of this section.
Sec. 3.  28-A MRSA §1075-A, sub-§2-A  is enacted to read:
 
2-A.  Municipal golf course.   Notwithstanding subsection 2, paragraph A, employees of a Class A restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge operating under a contract with a municipal golf course that does not have a license to serve alcoholic beverages may sell, serve or dispense malt liquor from a mobile service bar under the same conditions prescribed by subsection 2.
 
SUMMARY
Current law requires that only employees of a golf course may dispense or sell malt liquor from a licensed mobile service bar. This bill provides that employees of a restaurant or lounge licensed to serve alcoholic beverages that is contracted by a municipal golf course that does not have its own liquor license may sell or dispense malt liquor from a mobile service bar on the municipal golf course.