HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5440        FILED ON: 10/21/2024

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October 21, 2024

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 8, Paragraph 1, Clause (2) of the Amendments to the Constitution, as appearing in Article LXXXIX of said Amendments, I am filing for your consideration the attached legislation entitled An Act relative to further regulating a certain alcoholic beverage license in the town of Southampton.

At the request of the Town of Southampton’s Select Board, I am filing this special legislation to extend the deadline by which the Town may issue a liquor license to a particular small, family-owned business located within the Town.  Chapter 299 of the Acts of 2022 permitted Southampton to grant a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises to the business, Pure Food Market Inc., by no later than December 13, 2023.  I understand that, due to an administrative oversight, the license was not granted to the business by that deadline.  This legislation will provide the Town additional time to grant the license to the business by extending the statutory deadline from December 13, 2023 to December 13, 2025.

Respectfully submitted,

Maura T. Healey,

Governor

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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 relative to further regulating a certain alcoholic beverage license in the town of Southampton.

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. Section 1 of chapter 299 of the acts of 2022 is hereby amended by striking out in subsection (d) the words “1 year” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “3 years”.

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