FILED ON: 1/20/2012

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3467

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Twelve

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An Act authorizing the town of Northborough 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 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of 2008 is hereby stricken in its entirety and shall be replaced with the following section:

SECTION 1.  (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the Town of Northborough may grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises to Wegmans Massachusetts, Inc., located at Assessors’ property address id. no. 9102/9104 Shops Way, off Southwest Cutoff, in the Town of Northborough pursuant to Section 15 of Chapter 138.

(b) The local 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 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 herein. 

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.