Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4025 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4483 FILED ON: 7/20/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4025
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Patrick Joseph Kearney
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act related to granting three additional liquor licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
13	13	to be drunk off the premises in the town of Marshfield and three additional licenses for alcoholic
14	14	beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Marshfield.
15	15	_______________
16	16	PETITION OF:
17	17	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth7/20/2023Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth7/24/2023 1 of 2
18	18	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4483 FILED ON: 7/20/2023
19	19	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4025
20	20	By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4025) of
21	21	Patrick Joseph Kearney and Josh S. Cutler (by vote of the town) that the town of Marshfield be
22	22	authorized to grant three additional liquor licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to
23	23	be drunk on the premises and three additional licenses for alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the
24	24	premises in said town. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval
25	25	Received.]
26	26	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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28	28	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
29	29	(2023-2024)
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31	31	An Act related to granting three additional liquor licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
32	32	to be drunk off the premises in the town of Marshfield and three additional licenses for alcoholic
33	33	beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Marshfield.
34	34	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
35	35	of the same, as follows:
36	36	1 Section 1.
37	37	2 (a.) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the 2020 edition of the General Laws,
38	38	3the licensing authority of the town of Marshfield may grant three additional licenses for the sale
39	39	4of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138
40	40	5and three all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said
41	41	6chapter 138. The license shall be subject to all of chapter 138, except section 17.
42	42	7 (b.) The three on-the-premises licenses granted under this act shall only be executed in
43	43	8the dining room of a common victualler and such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed 2 of 2
44	44	9reasonable and appropriate by the licensing authority of the town of Marshfield as certified in
45	45	10writing.
46	46	11 (c.) The three off-the-premises licenses granted under this act shall only be exercised to
47	47	12be drunk off of the premises.
48	48	13 (d.) The licensing authority for the town of Marshfield may grant these licenses if the
49	49	14applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter
50	50	15from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the applicant is in good standing
51	51	16with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions have been paid.
52	52	17 (e.) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act, or any such
53	53	18license is cancelled, revoked, or no longer in use it shall be returned physically, with all of the
54	54	19legal rights, privileges, and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority of the town
55	55	20of Marshfield, which may then grant the license to the new applicant under the same conditions
56	56	21as specified in this act.
57	57	22 (f.) All licenses granted under this act shall be issued within 4 years after the effective
58	58	23date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may
59	59	24be granted to a new applicant under subsections (c) or (d) thereafter.
60	60	25 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.