| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4189 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 20, 2023. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to |
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| 6 | 6 | | whom was referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 3968) of Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) that the |
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| 8 | 8 | | town of Chatham be authorized to grant an additional liquor license for the |
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| 9 | 9 | | sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in said town, |
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| 10 | 10 | | reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4189) |
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| 11 | 11 | | ought to pass. |
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| 12 | 12 | | For the committee, |
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| 13 | 13 | | TACKEY CHAN. 1 of 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | FILED ON: 11/15/2023 |
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| 15 | 15 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4189 |
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| 16 | 16 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 17 | 17 | | _______________ |
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| 18 | 18 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 20 | 20 | | _______________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | An Act granting an additional liquor license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on |
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| 22 | 22 | | the premises in the town of Chatham. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 17 and 17A of chapter 138 of the General |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Chatham may convert 1 seasonal license for the sale |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, under section 12 of said chapter 138, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4currently issued to Pate’s Restaurant located at 1260 Main Street to an annual license for the sale |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises under said section 12 of said chapter 138 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6to Pate’s Restaurant for use at 1260 Main Street in the town. The license converted under this |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7section shall be subject to all provisions of said chapter 138, except said sections 17 and 17A. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8 (b) A license converted under this section shall only be exercised in the dining room of a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 9common victualler and such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 10appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11 (c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license converted |
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| 36 | 36 | | 12pursuant to this section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at |
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| 37 | 37 | | 13the same location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license |
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| 39 | 39 | | 15if in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16have been paid. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17 (d) If the license converted under this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use at the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18location of original issuance, it shall be returned physically, with all legal rights, privileges and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority which may then, within 3 years grant the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20license to a new applicant at the same location under the same conditions as specified in this act, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 21otherwise such license shall dissolve. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 22 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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