SENATE DOCKET, NO. 338 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 87
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen M. Brewer
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the sale of alcohol on election day.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Stephen M. Brewer | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 338 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 87
By Mr. Brewer, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 87) of Stephen M. Brewer for legislation relative to the sale of alcohol on election day. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act relative to the sale of alcohol on election day.
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 33 of chapter 130 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 1 through 9 the following sentence: -
No licensee under section 15 shall sell or deliver alcoholic beverages, and no registered pharmacist acting under section 29 and no licensee under section 30A shall sell alcoholic beverages or alcohol without a physician’s prescription, during polling hours on any day in which a state or municipal election, caucus or primary is held in a city or town in which such licensed place is conducted; provided that these restrictions shall not apply if the local licensing authority issues an order to that effect applicable alike to all licensees of every class subject to such restrictions.