| 1 | 1 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2935 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | _______________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 5 | 5 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 6 | 6 | | _______________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE, August 8, 2024. |
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| 8 | 8 | | The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was |
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| 9 | 9 | | referred the petitions (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2844) of Susan L. Moran (by vote of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | town) for legislation to authorize the town of Pembroke to issue one additional liquor license to |
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| 11 | 11 | | South Shore Market and Deli; and (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4845) of Kathleen R. |
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| 12 | 12 | | LaNatra (by vote of the town) that the town of Pembroke be authorized to issue one additional |
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| 13 | 13 | | license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises in said town, report |
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| 14 | 14 | | the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2935). |
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| 15 | 15 | | For the committee, |
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| 16 | 16 | | John J. Cronin 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | FILED ON: 7/31/2024 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2935 |
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| 19 | 19 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 20 | 20 | | _______________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | An Act authorizing the town of Pembroke to grant one additional license for the sale of all |
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| 25 | 25 | | alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2licensing authority of the town of Pembroke may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4South Shore Market and Deli, located at 256 Church Street in the town. A license granted |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5pursuant to this act shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7to this act to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees, and contributions have |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11been paid. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 (c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13such license is cancelled, revoked, or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14the legal rights, privileges, and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16location, otherwise such license shall resolve. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 (d) The license granted under this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19period, it may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (b) and (c) thereafter. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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