28-A §1075-A. Golf course mobile service bar - Maine Statutes

Title 28-A: LIQUORS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Part 3: LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Subpart 2: RETAIL LICENSES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Chapter 43: LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF LIQUOR TO BE CONSUMED ON THE LICENSED PREMISES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Subchapter 2: SPECIFIC LICENSE REQUIREMENTS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

§1075-A. Golf course mobile service bar

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A. "Mobile service bar" means a golf cart or other similar vehicle staffed by an employee of the golf course and outfitted for storage, cooling or refrigeration and sale and service of malt liquor in cans or bottles. [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

[ 2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW) .]

2. License. The bureau may issue a license for a mobile service bar to a licensee who owns a golf course or may issue a license for a mobile service bar to a Class A restaurant, Class A restaurant/lounge or Class I hotel located at a golf course and to a golf course owner. The licensee shall ensure that:

A. All individuals selling, serving or dispensing malt liquor from a mobile service bar are employees of the golf course, except as provided in subsection 2-A; [2009, c. 472, §1 (AMD).]

B. The licensee does not possess or permit possession, sale or consumption of any malt liquor on the golf course other than that which is permitted and purchased by the licensee in accordance with the license or licenses granted; [2005, c. 108, §4 (RPR).]

C. A sufficient number of employees are deployed to adequately control and ensure adherence to laws applying to the serving, sale and consumption of malt liquor on the golf course; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

D. Service or consumption of any liquor is not allowed in parking lots except as otherwise provided in this chapter; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

E. A licensee or licensee's employees do not allow patrons to leave the golf course with any liquor; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

F. Only one standard serving of malt liquor is served to an individual at a time; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

G. Signs are posted that state that a patron may not bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises of the golf course; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

H. Signs are placed on the mobile service bar that state that service or consumption of any liquor by a person under 21 years of age is prohibited; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

I. Malt liquor from a mobile service bar is purchased and consumed only by those patrons engaged in a round of golf; [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

J. The operator of a mobile service bar is at least 21 years of age and has successfully completed an alcohol server education course; and [2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW).]

K. The operator of a mobile service bar has the ability and necessary tools to immediately contact a golf course employee working at the part of the golf course licensed as an on-premises establishment or an employee of a Class A restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge operating under a contract with a municipal golf course for assistance in enforcing the provisions of this section. [2009, c. 472, §2 (AMD).]

[ 2009, c. 472, §§1, 2 (AMD) .]

2-A. Municipal golf course. Notwithstanding subsection 2, paragraph A, employees of a Class A restaurant or Class A restaurant/lounge operating under a contract with a municipal golf course that does not have a license to serve alcoholic beverages may sell, serve or dispense malt liquor from a mobile service bar under the same conditions prescribed by subsection 2.

[ 2009, c. 472, §3 (NEW) .]

3. Penalty. A person who brings alcoholic beverages onto the premises of a golf course commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,500 may be adjudged.

[ 2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW) .]

4. Revocation and suspension of license. A licensee who holds a license issued by the bureau under this section and any other licenses that that licensee holds to sell liquor for on-premises consumption are subject to chapter 33 to the same extent as are other on-premises licensees.

[ 2005, c. 108, §5 (RPR) .]

5. Transportation of open containers prohibited. A patron of a golf course licensed under this section who operates a golf cart is prohibited from transporting an open container of liquor across a public way as defined by Title 29-A, section 2112-A, subsection 1, paragraph D.

[ 2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW) .]

6. Repeal.

[ 2005, c. 108, §6 (RP) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2003, c. 579, §4 (NEW). 2005, c. 108, §§4-6 (AMD). 2009, c. 472, §§1-3 (AMD).