HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94961        FILED ON: 7/30/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4961

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act authorizing the town of Bolton to grant a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises of a certain restaurant..

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. (a) Notwithstanding section 11 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, or any vote cast in the town of Bolton pursuant to Chapter 386 of the acts of 1986, or any vote cast in the town of Bolton pursuant to Chapter 706 of the acts of 1967, or any vote cast in the town of Bolton pursuant to Chapter 146 of the acts of 1996, the licensing authority for the town of Bolton may grant a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of Chapter 138 for the premises located at 92-100 Wattaquadock Hill Road owned by NVW, Ltd. and operated by Nashoba Valley Spirits, Ltd. d/b/a Nashoba Valley Winery and J’s ™  Restaurant at Nashoba Valley Winery.

(b) Once issued, the licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license issued under this section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if the applicant files with the authority a letter from the department of revenue indicating that the license is in good standing with the department and that all applicable taxes have been paid.

(c) If the license granted under this section is cancelled, revoked or longer in use, it shall license shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority which may then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location under the same conditions as specified in this section. 

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.