SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Rochester may grant an 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 any establishment located within the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District in the town of Rochester. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.

(b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted pursuant to this act to a location outside the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District, but it may grant the license to a new applicant within the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District if the applicant files with the licensing authority 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 a licensee terminates or fails to renew the license granted pursuant to this act or any such license 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 licensing authority, and the licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant within the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District under the same conditions as specified in this act.

(d) The license granted pursuant to this act shall be issued within 1 year after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time period, it may be granted to a new applicant pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) thereafter.

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