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Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Alcoholic Beverages - General Operation 0015
 
Initiative: Provides an allocation for reimbursement payments to agency liquor stores for the difference between the deposits on spirits purchased before March 1, 2019 and the refund value on those same purchases still unsold or returned after that date.

STATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$60,000	
			
STATE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FUND TOTAL	$0	$60,000	
 
Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 3103, subsection 4 takes effect March 1, 2019.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, provides that the uniform refund value of not more than 5¢ for all wine and spirits containers does not take effect until March 1, 2019. It also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.
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