HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4688
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 30, 2024.
The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to
whom was referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4588) of Todd M. Smola and Jacob R. Oliveira (by vote of the town) that
the town of Palmer be authorized to issue two additional licenses for the
sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises and one
additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on
the premise in said town, reports recommending that the accompanying
bill (House, No. 4688) ought to pass. [Local Approval Received.]
For the committee,
TACKEY CHAN. 1 of 2
FILED ON: 5/28/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4688
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act authorizing the town of Palmer to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
beverages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2licensing authority of the town of Palmer may grant 3 additional licenses for the sale of all
3alcoholic beverages as follows: (i) 1 license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on
4the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 to Tables at the Farm located at 3092
5Palmer St, and 1 license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises
6pursuant to said section 12 of said chapter 138 to Don Juans Cantina Palmer LLC located at 1519
7N. Main St.; and (ii) 1 license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the
8premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to Lukes' located at 1478 N. Main St. The
9licenses granted under this section shall be subject to all of the said chapter 138 except said
10section 17.
11 (b) A license granted under clause (i) of subsection (a) of this section shall only be
12exercised in the dining room of a common victualler and other public rooms or areas considered
13reasonable and appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing. 2 of 2
14 (c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to
15this section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same
16location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue
17and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in
18good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have
19been paid.
20 (d) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any
21such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all
22legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority and the
23licensing authority may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant
24at the same location under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such license
25shall dissolve.
26 (e) A license granted under this section shall be issued within 1 year after the effective
27date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may
28be granted to a new applicant under subsections (c) and (d) thereafter.
29 SECTION 2. Upon issuance of the license authorized in clause (ii) of subsection (a) of
30section 1, the licensee shall return physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and
31restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, its license for the sale of wine and malt
32beverages not to be drunk on the premises under section 15 of chapter 138.
33 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.