HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5096

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 4, 2024.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3714) of Joseph D. McKenna and Michael J. Soter (by vote of the town) that the town of Uxbridge be authorized to grant four additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises in said town, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 5096) ought to pass [Local Approval Received].

For the committee,

TACKEY CHAN.

        FILED ON: 10/31/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5096

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 town of Uxbridge to grant 2 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off 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. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the town of Uxbridge may grant 2 additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under section 15 of said chapter 138 as follows: (i) 1 license to Nady Gergous to be operated at the premises located at 30 Douglas Street; and (ii) 1 license to Retail Beverage Partners Uxbridge Inc. located at 262 Millville Road/240 S. Main Street. Licenses granted under this section shall be subject to all of said chapter 138, except said section 17.

(b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of any license granted pursuant to this section to any other location, but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location 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 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 a license granted under this section 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 which may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location and under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such license shall dissolve.

(d) The licenses granted under this section shall be issued within 3 years after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that if a license is originally granted within that time period it may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (b) and (c) thereafter.

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