HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3828        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 278

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to liquor liability insurance coverage..

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 12 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

No license shall be granted or renewed under the provisions of this section until the applicant or licensee provides proof of coverage under a liquor liability insurance policy that at a minimum the policy insures the establishment for at least $250,000 is required.