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| 2 | 2 | | FILED ON: 11/20/2024 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2985 |
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| 4 | 4 | | Senate, November 21, 2024 - Substituted as a new draft (Senator Moran) for the Senate Bill |
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| 5 | 5 | | authorizing the town of Sandwich to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages |
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| 6 | 6 | | to be drunk on the premises (Senate, No. 2861). |
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| 7 | 7 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 8 | 8 | | _______________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 10 | 10 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 11 | 11 | | _______________ |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act authorizing the town of Sandwich to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic |
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| 13 | 13 | | beverages to be drunk on the premises. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 15 | 15 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2licensing authority of the town of Sandwich may grant up to 4 additional licenses for the sale of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 as |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4follows: (i) 1 license to the Ice Cream Sandwich II, LTD., located at 66 state highway route 6A |
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| 20 | 20 | | 5in the town of Sandwich; (ii) 1 license to Heritage Theaters, located at 280 state highway route |
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| 21 | 21 | | 6130 in the Forestdale village of the town of Sandwich; (iii) 1 license for use in the former town |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7hall annex, located at 145 Main street in the town of Sandwich; provided, however, that the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 8license granted under this clause shall be marked on its face “Former Town Hall Annex”; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | 9(iv) 1 license to the Dunbar Restaurant and Tea Room, Inc., located at 1 Water street in the town |
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| 25 | 25 | | 10of Sandwich. Licenses granted under this subsection shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 11except said section 17. 2 of 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 12 (b) Notwithstanding said section 17 of said chapter 138, the licensing authority of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 13town of Sandwich may grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be |
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| 29 | 29 | | 14drunk on the premises pursuant to said section 12 of said chapter 138 to an establishment located |
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| 30 | 30 | | 15at 66 state highway route 6A in the town of Sandwich. A license granted under this subsection |
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| 31 | 31 | | 16shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 17 (c) A license granted under this act shall only be exercised in the dining room of a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 18common victualler and other public rooms or areas considered reasonable and appropriate by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 19licensing authority as certified in writing. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 20 (d) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of any license issued under this |
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| 36 | 36 | | 21section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location |
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| 37 | 37 | | 22if the applicant files with the authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from |
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| 38 | 38 | | 23the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with |
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| 39 | 39 | | 24those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 25 (e) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such |
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| 41 | 41 | | 26license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, the license shall be returned physically, with all |
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| 42 | 42 | | 27of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which |
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| 43 | 43 | | 28may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same |
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| 44 | 44 | | 29location under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such license shall |
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| 45 | 45 | | 30dissolve. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 31 (f) A license granted under this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective date |
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| 47 | 47 | | 32of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time period, it |
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| 48 | 48 | | 33may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (d) and (e) thereafter. 3 of 3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 34 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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