SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1237        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Eileen M. Donoghue

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

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1237        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 91

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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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 2 cases of wine, with no more than 9 liters per case.  If the holder of a license under section fourteen is purchasing no more than 2 cases of wine, with no more than 9 liters per case, said holder shall not be required to purchase 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.