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An Act To Allow All Manufacturers Licensed by the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations To Provide Samples of Products to Retail Licensees
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1402-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 629, §25, is further amended to read:
A person licensed as a small brewery, small winerymanufacturer or wholesaler may give a retail licensee samples of products under the following conditions:
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows any person licensed as a manufacturer by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to give a retail licensee samples of malt liquor and wine. Current law restricts this practice to small breweries, small wineries and wholesalers.