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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3005 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 386 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kate Hogan |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt |
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| 13 | 13 | | beverages not to be drunk on the premises. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Hogan3rd Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3005 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 386 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 386) of Kate |
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| 20 | 20 | | Hogan (NEEDS vote of the town) that the town be authorized of Hudson to grant 1 additional |
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| 21 | 21 | | license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises. Consumer |
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| 22 | 22 | | Protection and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and malt |
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| 29 | 29 | | beverages not to be drunk on the premises. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2licensing authority of the town of Hudson may grant 1 additional license for the sale of wine and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises under section 15 of said chapter 138 to Hudson |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4Hives LLC to be operated at the premises located at 45 Main street, Suite 203, in the town of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5Hudson. The license granted under this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138, except |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6said section 17. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8to this act to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating the license is in good 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12paid. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 (c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto to the licensing authority which may, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such license shall dissolve. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 (d) The license authorized to be granted under this act shall be issued within 3 years after |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20that time period it may be granted to a new applicant under subsection (b) or (c) thereafter. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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