SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding clause (h) of paragraph (5) of section 11 of chapter 498 of the acts of 1993, chapter 75 of the acts of 2003, chapter 146 of the the acts of 2009 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Devens Enterprise Commission may grant 1 additional license for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of chapter 138 of the General Laws to a business located within the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone. The license granted pursuant to this act shall be subject to chapter 138 of the General Laws.  The license granted pursuant to this act shall not decrease the number of such licenses authorized to be granted by the towns of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley.

(b) The Devens Enterprise Commission shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to this act to any other area outside the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone but it may grant the license to a new applicant within the zone if the applicant files a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.

(c) If the license granted pursuant to this act is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto to the Devens Enterprise Commission, and the commission may then grant the license to a new applicant within the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone under the same conditions as specified in this act.

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