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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES RELATIVE TO CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


SECTION 1. Section 15 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 11, the following words:- or to limited liability companies or limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the requirements for a citizen manager or citizen principal representative of an alien licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 18, 18A, 19, 19B and 19C.

SECTION 2. Section 18 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 6, the following words:- and to limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the requirements for a citizen manager or citizen principal representative of an alien licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18A, 19, 19B and 19C.

SECTION 3. Section 18A of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 6, the following words:- or to a limited liability company or a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the requirements for a citizen manager or citizen principal representative of an alien licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 19, 19B and 19C.

SECTION 4. Section 19 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 5, the following words:- and to limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19B and 19C.

SECTION 5. Section 19B of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 7, the following words:- and to applying limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19 and 19C.

SECTION 6. Section 19C of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "commonwealth", in line 7, the following words:- and to applying limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of citizenship and residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19 and 19B.

Approved August 7, 2002.