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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3006 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 387
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kate Hogan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic
beverages not to be drunk on the premises.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Hogan3rd Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3006 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
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By Representative Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 387) of Kate
Hogan (NEEDS vote of the town) that the town of Maynard be authorized to grant an additional
license for the sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection
and Professional Licensure. [Local Approval Received.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to grant an additional license for the sale of alcoholic
beverages not 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 Maynard may grant an additional license for the sale of all
3alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to
4Maynard Corner Store LLC d/b/a Maynard Corner Store located at 49 Walnut street in the town
5of Maynard. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
6 (b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted under this
7section
8 to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if
9the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter
10from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing
11with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid. 2 of 2
12 (c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any
13such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of
14the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, and the
15licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location under the
16same conditions as specified in this section.
17 (d) The license authorized to be granted under this section shall be issued within 1 year
18after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted
19within that time period it may be granted to a new applicant under subsection (b) or (c)
20thereafter.
21 SECTION 2. Upon the issuance of the license authorized pursuant to section 1, the
22licensee shall return physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining
23thereto, to the licensing authority, its license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be
24drunk on the premises under section 15 of chapter 138 of the General Laws.
25 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.