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An Act To Create Equity for Wine and Spirits Container Deposits
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §3103, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 166, §14 and amended by PL 2017, c. 140, §1 and affected by §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
4.  Wine and spirits containers.     For wine and spirits containers, regardless of container size, the refund value may not be more than 5¢.
 
SUMMARY
This bill creates a uniform refund value for all wine and spirits bottles in the laws governing returnable beverage containers.