HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3912        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 320

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to reduce underage drinking..

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

Chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 34 the following section:-

Section 34A ¾

A licensee licensed under this chapter except Section 29 shall be required to place a warning label on single and multi-pack containers of beer and single and multi-pack containers of wine to include the following:

WARNING:  A person who provides alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age, if convicted under section 34 could be in imprisoned for up to 1 year and fined up to $2,000 or both such imprisonment and fine.