FILED ON: 4/20/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4306

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act authorizing the city of New Bedford 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.  (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the city of New Bedford may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138, to Cuve Wine LLC d/b/a Crush New Bedford, located at 801 Purchase street in the city of New Bedford. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.

(b) Upon the issuance of the license authorized by this act, Cuve Wine LLC d/b/a Crush New Bedford shall surrender to the licensing authority the license it currently holds for the sale of wines and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises.

(c) Once issued, the licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant to this act to any other person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, organization or other entity, but it may approve the transfer of the license to the licensee’s new location if the licensee relocates to another address within the city of New Bedford.

(d) If the license granted under this section is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use by Cuve Wine LLC d/b/a Crush New Bedford, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing of the city of New Bedford.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.