28-A §2073. Importation and transportation of liquor within the State - Maine Statutes

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

Part 6: PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Chapter 83: PROHIBITED ACTS IN GENERAL HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

§2073. Importation and transportation of liquor within the State

1. Illegal transportation of liquor within the State. No person may knowingly transport within the State any liquor:

A. With intent to sell the liquor in the State in violation of law; [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

B. With intent that the liquor be illegally sold by any person; or [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

C. With intent to aid any person in illegal sale of liquor. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

[ 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

2. Penalties. A person who knowingly violates this section commits a Class E crime.

[ 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

3. Legal importation into and transportation of liquor within the State. Liquor may be legally imported into and transported within the State in the following situations.

A. Upon application, the bureau may grant to an individual a permit to transport liquor purchased for that person's own personal use. [1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD).]

B. For-hire carriers and contract carriers, authorized by the Department of Public Safety, may transport liquor to state liquor stores, to liquor warehouses, to licensees, to purchasers of liquor at state liquor stores and from manufacturers to liquor warehouses, state liquor stores and to the state line for transportation outside the State. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

C. Licensees may transport liquor from state liquor stores to their places of business. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

D. Manufacturers may transport liquor within the State to liquor warehouses and state liquor stores, to persons authorized under paragraph E and to the state line for transportation outside the State. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

E. The bureau may permit in writing the importation of liquor into the State and the transportation of liquor from place to place within the State to the following destinations for the specified purposes:

(1) To hospitals and state institutions, for medicinal purposes only, liquor made available to them from stocks of liquor seized by the Federal Government;

(2) To industrial establishments in the State for industrial uses;

(3) To schools, colleges and state institutions for laboratory use only;

(4) To any licensed pharmacist in the State for use in the compounding of prescriptions and other medicinal use, but not for sale by pharmacists unless compounded with or mixed with other substances; or

(5) To any physician, surgeon, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, dentist or veterinarian for medicinal use only. [1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD).]

F. The bureau may authorize hospitals and state institutions to purchase liquor, for medicinal purposes only, from wholesale licensees and state liquor stores. This authorization must be in writing. [1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD).]

[ 1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). 1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD).