HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1696        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 248

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors.  ..

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

Section 34 of chapter  138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Any person selling alcoholic beverages to a minor shall be punished as follows: for a first offense a fine of $50; for a second offense a fine of $l00; for a third offense a fine of $250 and for a subsequent offense a fine of $2000.  Any person fined shall have a hearing and appeal for said offense through the alcoholic beverages control commission and all persons found responsible shall be a matter of public record.