§1403. Purchase and sale of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee
1. Purchase of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee. A wholesale licensee may not purchase malt liquor or wine from a person other than a certificate of approval holder or special warehouse storage facility licensed under section 1371. A wholesale licensee may not cause to be transported into the State malt liquor or wine from a person other than a person to whom the bureau has issued a certificate of approval under section 1361.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
1-A. Wholesale licensee may purchase from wholesale licensee. The bureau may give written permission to a wholesale licensee to purchase malt liquor or wine from another wholesale licensee.
[PL 1997, c. 373, §126 (AMD).]
2. Sale of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee. A wholesale licensee may not sell malt liquor or wine that has not been purchased from a certificate of approval holder or a special warehouse storage facility licensed under section 1371.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
3. License revoked if it requires wholesale license to not sell other brands. The District Court shall revoke the license of a wholesale licensee, that requires as a condition of selling malt liquor or wine to another wholesale licensee, that the purchasing wholesale licensee may not sell other brand names of malt liquor or wine.
[PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).]
4. Monthly report. By the 10th day of each calendar month, each wholesale licensee shall furnish to the bureau, in the form prescribed by the bureau, a monthly report of all malt liquor or wine purchased and sold during the preceding month.
[PL 1997, c. 373, §127 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 342, §111 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §§125-127 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B78 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B80 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 658, §241 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Part 3: LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR
Chapter 55: MALT LIQUOR AND WINE WHOLESALE LICENSEES
28-A §1401. Wholesale licenses
28-A §1401-A. Limitation on definition of "certificate of approval holder"
28-A §1402. Taste testing of wine and malt liquor products
28-A §1402-A. Samples of products
28-A §1403. Purchase and sale of malt liquor or wine by wholesale licensee
28-A §1403-A. Direct shipment of wine
28-A §1404. Unbonded wholesale licensees
28-A §1405. Bonded wholesale licensees
28-A §1406. Report of changes in wholesale licensees and certificate of approval holders to bureau
28-A §1407. Exclusive distributors of certificate of approval holders' products