HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4187

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 20, 2023.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3740) of David Paul Linsky (by vote of the town) that the town of Natick be authorized to establish minimum seating capacity for granting licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises in said town, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4187) ought to pass.

For the committee,

TACKEY CHAN.

        FILED ON: 11/15/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4187

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act authorizing the licensing authority of the town of Natick to establish minimum seating capacity for granting licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises.

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.  Notwithstanding section 11 of chapter 138 of the General Laws or any other general or special law or vote of the electorate of the town of Natick to the contrary, the licensing authority of the town of Natick may determine what minimum seating capacity, if any, shall be required in a premises for which a license shall be granted for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises. 

SECTION 2. The authority conferred by this act shall not increase the number of licenses authorized to be granted by the licensing authority of the town of Natick for the sale of alcoholic beverages or wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises. 

SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.