Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of 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 Norton is hereby authorized to issue two additional liquor licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under the provisions of section 15 of said chapter 138.  Said licenses shall be subject to all of the provisions of said chapter 138 except said section 17; provided, however, that said licensing authority shall authorize one license to be exercised within an area located on East Main Street between its intersection with Interstate 495 and the Town of Easton line and one license to be exercised within an area located on Old Colony Road between its intersection with North and South Worcester Streets and the Attleboro city line within the Town, that said licenses shall not be transferred to any other section of Town, nor shall the licensing authority authorize the transfer of such license within one year after the date of issuance; and authorizing the Select Board to establish a liquor license review committee and a competitive procedure for allocating liquor licenses that are now available or that may become available in the future; provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select Board approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court which are within the scope of the general public objectives of the petition.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon passage.