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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1594 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 425 |
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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 | | Jack Patrick Lewis |
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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 Ashland to grant additional liquor licenses for the sale of all |
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| 13 | 13 | | alcohol beverages 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:Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1594 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 425 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 425) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Jack Patrick Lewis (by vote of the town) that the town of Ashland be authorized to grant licenses |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises. Consumer Protection and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 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 Ashland to grant additional liquor licenses for the sale of all |
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| 29 | 29 | | alcohol beverages 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 Ashland may grant 16 additional licenses for the sale of all |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 (b) A license granted pursuant to this section shall only be exercised in the dining room |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6of a common victualler and in such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7and appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 (c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9license granted under this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, the license shall be |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11the licensing authority and the licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12under the same conditions specified in this act. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 (d) All licenses granted under this act shall be issued within 10 years after the effective |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15be granted to a new applicant under subsection (c) thereafter. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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