SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding Section 17 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the licensing authority of the Town of Dedham may grant four (4) additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages, four (4) additional licenses for wine & malt, all to be drunk on the premises under Section 12 of said Chapter 138, and one (1) additional wine & malt package store license for off-premises consumption under Section 15 or Chapter 138. The licenses shall be subject to all of said Chapter 138, except said Section 17.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Sections 12, 15 and 77 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority for the Town of Dedham may restrict the licenses issued pursuant to this Act to holders of common victualler licenses.

SECTION 3.  The additional licenses authorized by this Act shall be subject to such appropriate parameters and conditions for issuance as shall be determined by the Select Board in the best interests of the town, as well as a one-time fee, established from time to time by said board, to be deposited into an economic development account in the Town of Dedham and expended consistently with the purposes of such account.

SECTION 4.  The license(s) granted under this Act if revoked or no longer in use, may be granted by the licensing authority to new applicants without site restriction.

SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its passage.