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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 120th

CHAPTER 139
H.P. 703 - L.D. 918

An Act to Amend the Public Drinking Law

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2003-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 157, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

     2. Crime. A person is guilty of public drinking if the person drinks liquor in any public place within 200 feet of a notice posted conspicuously in the public place by the owner or authorized person that forbids drinking in the public place or after being forbidden to do so personally by a law enforcement officer, unless the person has been given permission to do so by the owner or authorized person.

Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.

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