SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2172

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Four

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SENATE, June 3, 2014.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to whom was referred the (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 91) of Eileen M. Donoghue  for legislation relative to special one-day licenses to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2172).

For the committee,

Thomas P. Kennedy

        FILED ON: 6/3/2014

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2172

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to special one-day licenses to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages.

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 any special or general law to the contrary, section 23 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the third paragraph in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

No license issued under section twelve or fifteen, and no certificate of fitness issued under section thirty shall authorize the sale of any alcoholic beverages other than those purchased from a licensee under section eighteen, nineteen or 19F or nineteen C or from a holder of a special permit to sell issued under section twenty-two A; provided, that the holder of a license under section twelve or fifteen may sell alcoholic beverages acquired as the result of the purchase of a warehouse receipt for such beverages if the said receipt was purchased from the holder of a license under section eighteen, nineteen, 19F or nineteen C or from a broker registered under chapter one hundred and ten A who is authorized thereunder to deal in warehouse receipts for alcoholic beverages; and provided, further, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize a licensee under section twelve or fifteen to import alcoholic beverages into the commonwealth except through the holder of a license issued under section eighteen or 19F. 

No license issued under section fourteen shall authorize the sale of any alcoholic beverages other than those purchased from a licensee under section eighteen, nineteen or 19F or nineteen C or from a holder of a special permit to sell issued under section twenty-two A, unless the holder of a license under section fourteen is purchasing no more than 5 gallons of wine, 34 gallons of malt beverages, or 3 gallons of distilled spirits, or all, or their measured equivalent.  If the nonprofit organization holding a license under section fourteen is purchasing no more than 5 gallons of wine, 34 gallons of malt beverages, or 3 gallons of distilled spirits, or all, or their measured equivalent, said holder may purchase from a licensee under section 15, and a licensee under section 15 may sell to the holder of a license under section 14 not more than 5 gallons of wine, 34 gallons of malt beverages, or 3 gallons of distilled spirits, or their measured equivalent.  The nonprofit organization holding a license under section 14 may transport for its use without any license or permit such limited quantities of wine, malt beverages, and distilled spirits.