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FILED ON: 11/20/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2985
Senate, November 21, 2024 - Substituted as a new draft (Senator Moran) for the Senate Bill
authorizing the town of Sandwich to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages
to be drunk on the premises (Senate, No. 2861).
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 Sandwich to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic
beverages to be drunk on the premises.
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 Sandwich may grant up to 4 additional licenses for the sale of
3all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 as
4follows: (i) 1 license to the Ice Cream Sandwich II, LTD., located at 66 state highway route 6A
5in the town of Sandwich; (ii) 1 license to Heritage Theaters, located at 280 state highway route
6130 in the Forestdale village of the town of Sandwich; (iii) 1 license for use in the former town
7hall annex, located at 145 Main street in the town of Sandwich; provided, however, that the
8license granted under this clause shall be marked on its face “Former Town Hall Annex”; and
9(iv) 1 license to the Dunbar Restaurant and Tea Room, Inc., located at 1 Water street in the town
10of Sandwich. Licenses granted under this subsection shall be subject to all of said chapter 138
11except said section 17. 2 of 3
12 (b) Notwithstanding said section 17 of said chapter 138, the licensing authority of the
13town of Sandwich may grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be
14drunk on the premises pursuant to said section 12 of said chapter 138 to an establishment located
15at 66 state highway route 6A in the town of Sandwich. A license granted under this subsection
16shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
17 (c) A license granted under this act shall only be exercised in the dining room of a
18common victualler and other public rooms or areas considered reasonable and appropriate by the
19licensing authority as certified in writing.
20 (d) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of any license issued under this
21section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location
22if the applicant files with the authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from
23the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with
24those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.
25 (e) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such
26license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, the license shall be returned physically, with all
27of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which
28may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same
29location under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such license shall
30dissolve.
31 (f) A license granted under this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective date
32of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time period, it
33may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (d) and (e) thereafter. 3 of 3
34 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.