HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3679        FILED ON: 4/12/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3344

By Mr. Levy of Marlborough and Senator Eldridge,  a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3344) of Steven L. Levy and James Eldridge for legislation to authorize the city of Marlborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises.  Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act authorizing the city of Marlborough to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises.

 

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. Notwithstanding Section 17 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the City of Marlborough may grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under Section 15 of said Chapter 138 to Rick Lombardi and Julie Lombardi, d/b/a The Vin Bin, located at 91 Main Street, Marlborough, MA. The license shall be subject to all of said Chapter 138 except said Section 17. Upon the approval of said license, the applicants shall surrender their current license for the sale of wines and malt beverages to the licensing authority.

Section 2. The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if the applicant files with the licensing 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.

Section 3. If the license granted under this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it 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 and under the same conditions as specified in this act.

Section 4.This act shall take effect upon its passage.