HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3670        FILED ON: 5/28/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3484

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice Hanlon Peisch and Michael J. Barrett

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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 authorizing the town of Weston to grant a single license for the sale of wines and malt beverages at food stores.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

5/28/2013

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

5/28/2013


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3670        FILED ON: 5/28/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3484

By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Barrett, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3484) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Michael Barrett (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Weston to grant an additional license for the sale wines and malt 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 Thirteen

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An Act authorizing the town of Weston to grant a single license for the sale of wines and malt beverages at food stores.

 

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 the provisions of any general of special law to the contrary, the Board of Selectmen as the licensing authority of the Town of Weston shall be authorized to issue a single license for the sale of wine and malt beverages at food stores, not to be drunk on the premises, and, for such purposes, the provisions of chapter 37 of the acts of 2008 shall be amended by inserting, in the first paragraph of section 1 after the words “wines” the following: and malt beverages.

SECTION 2: The holder of the license issued under said chapter 37, as of the effective date of this act, shall be eligible at any time, or at the time of renewal, to apply for an amendment of said license to authorize the sale of malt beverages in addition to wines.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.