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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0217 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001245 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Bissaillon, Tikoian, Lawson, and Burke |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 07, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 3-7-14.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3-7-14.2. Class P licenses — Caterers. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) A caterer licensed by the department of health and the division of taxation shall be 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | eligible to apply for a Class P license from the department of business regulation. The department 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of business regulation is authorized to issue all caterers’ licenses. The license will be valid 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | throughout this state as a state license and no further license will be required or tax imposed by any 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | city or town upon this alcoholic beverage privilege. Each caterer to which the license is issued shall 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | pay to the department of business regulation an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for the 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | license, which fees are paid into the state treasury. The department is authorized to promulgate 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | rules and regulations for the implementation of this license. In promulgating said rules, the 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | department shall include, but is not limited to, the following standards: 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) Proper identification will be required for individuals who look thirty (30) years old or 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | younger and who are ordering alcoholic beverages; 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) Only valid ID’s as defined by these titles are acceptable; 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) An individual may not be served more than two (2) drinks at a time; 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) Licensees, their agents, or employees will not serve visibly intoxicated individuals; 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (5) Licensees may only serve alcoholic beverages for no more than a five-hour (5) period 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | per event; 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) Only a licensee, or its employees, may serve alcoholic beverages at the event; 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (7) The licensee will deliver and remove alcoholic beverages to the event, unless provided 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by the event host at their residence and the alcohol is under the control of the caterer for the entire 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | period of time the caterer is onsite; and 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (8) No shots or triple alcoholic drinks will be served. 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) Any bartender employed by the licensee shall be certified by a nationally recognized 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | alcohol beverage server training program. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) The licensee shall purchase at retail or wholesale all alcoholic beverages from a licensed 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Class A alcohol retail or wholesale establishment which is located in the state, provided, however, 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | any licensee who also holds a Class B license, issued pursuant to the provisions of § 3-7-7, shall be 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | allowed to purchase alcoholic beverages at wholesale. Wholesalers may refuse to fulfill orders 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | permitted under this section, or may set minimum quantities or dollar values per order. Any person 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | violating this section shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) for this violation and shall be subject 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | to license revocation. The provisions of this section shall be enforced in accordance with this title. 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) Violation of subsection (a) of this section is punishable upon conviction by a fine of 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | not more than five hundred dollars ($500). Fines imposed under this section shall be paid to the 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | department of business regulation. 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 18 |
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| 68 | 68 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 69 | 69 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 70 | 70 | | OF |
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| 71 | 71 | | A N A C T |
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| 72 | 72 | | RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES |
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| 73 | 73 | | *** |
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| 74 | 74 | | This act would allow holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from 1 |
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| 75 | 75 | | either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island and allow wholesalers to 2 |
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| 76 | 76 | | refuse to fulfill orders permitted under this section, or set minimum quantities or dollar values per 3 |
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| 77 | 77 | | order. It would also permit caterers to serve and leave an event host's alcoholic beverages at their 4 |
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| 78 | 78 | | residence so long as it is under the caterer's control for the entirety of the event. 5 |
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| 79 | 79 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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