‘An Act To Improve the Availability of Mail-in Rebates in the State’
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Session - 126th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-460, Sponsored by
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LR 1720 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Improve the Availability of Mail-in Rebates in the State’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §708, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 145, §1, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §708, first ¶, as amended by PL 2009, c. 145, §1, is further amended to read:
This section does not prohibit a certificate of approval holder from including a mail-in offer, a certificate, instant redeemable coupon or merchandise in or on a package of beer, wine or low-alcohol spirits for sale by an off-premise retailer. The package containing the mail-in offer, certificate, instant redeemable coupon or merchandise must be packaged by the certificate of approval holders at the brewery or winery. Upon approval of the bureau, a certificate of approval holder may offer a mail-in rebate for a malt liquor, wine or low-alcohol spirits product for consumers through print or electronic media, attached to the package of malt liquor, wine or low-alcohol spirits product or displayed near where the malt liquor, wine or low-alcohol spirits product is offered for sale for off-premises consumption. Mail-in rebates authorized by this paragraph must require the inclusion of the original dated sales receipt for the product to which the rebate is applied. Mail-in rebates must be redeemed by the certificate of approval holder and may not exceed the purchase price of the malt liquor, wine or low-alcohol spirits product to which the rebate is applied.
Sec. 3. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2015.’
summary
This amendment is the majority report of the committee and replaces the bill. It provides that a manufacturer of spirits or a supplier of malt liquor, wine or low-alcohol spirits products may offer mail-in rebates through print or electronic media, attached to the package or displayed near the product where it is offered for sale for consumption off the licensed premises. Such mail-in rebates must be redeemed by the manufacturer or supplier and may not exceed the price of the product to which they are applied.