Maine LD2155: An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses

What the bill says

An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses.

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An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to December 21, 2025, Persons Holding a Majority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1355-A, sub-§2-C is enacted to read: 2-C. Grandfathering of certain licenses issued prior to December 21, 2025. The bureau may not suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license issued under this section or chapter 43 that was initially issued prior to December 21, 2025 solely on the basis that the person or persons holding a majority ownership interest in the licensed manufacturing facility were determined by the bureau after the license was initially issued to hold a majority ownership interest in more than the allowable number of on-premises retail licenses issued under chapter 43 if the on-premises retail licenses issued under chapter 43 were also initially issued prior to December 21, 2025. A license grandfathered pursuant to this subsection may not be sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed. Page 1 - 132LR2942(08)

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Sponsors

• Nicole Grohoski (D, 7) · primary sponsor
• Richard Bennett (R, 18)
• Sean Faircloth (D, 24)
• Gary Friedmann (D, 14)
• Anne Graham (D, 105)