HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4862        FILED ON: 6/16/2016

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

F. Jay Barrows

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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 Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4862        FILED ON: 6/16/2016

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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 town of Foxborough to grant three additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to Authorize the Town of Foxborough to grant THREE additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

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 12 and 17 of Chapter 138 of the General laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, Foxborough Board of Selectmen may grant THREE additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises subject to the conditions set forth in this act.

(b) The Board of Selectmen shall restrict all of the licenses to business entities located within that site identified as the development area to be known as DOWNTOWN FOXBOROUGH, as more particularly shown on a plan which is on file with the Board of Selectmen. (“Site”)

(c) Notwithstanding said section 12 of said chapter 138, the additional licenses authorized by this act shall be subject to an original license fee of $5,000 in addition to the annual fee for existing all alcoholic beverages licenses or wines and malt beverages licenses, as applicable, in the Town of Foxborough, such fee to be due and payable upon the original issuance of any such license and also upon the reissuance of such license pursuant to Section (e) below.

(d) The Board of Selectmen shall determine reasonably whether an applicant or licensee meets the criteria set forth in this act consistent with the rules and regulations governing the issuance of liquor licenses promulgated by the Board of Selectmen from time to time and all other applicable law.

(e) Any such license, if revoked or no longer in use, shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights and privileges pertaining thereto, to the Board of Selectmen, which may grant any such returned license to a new applicant who meet the criteria set forth in this act whose business is located with the Site, such reissuance to be subject to the payment of the reissuance fee of $5,000 as stated above

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage

And further, to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take such actions and to enter into such additional instruments and agreements as they may deem appropriate and necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act; or to take any other action relative thereto.