Amendment #161, as changed to H4100

ABCC Drink Special Study

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Adams of Andover, Barrows of Mansfield, Bastien of Gardner, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Diehl of Whitman, Durant of Spencer, Fattman of Sutton, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Levy of Marlborough, Lombardo of Billerica, Lyons of Andover, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Ross of Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Webster of Pembroke, Winslow of Norfolk and Wong of Saugus moves to amend the bill by inserting, after section xx, the following two sections:—

“SECTION AA. Section 24 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, in line 17, after the words “quantities thereof”, the following:—

; provided, further, that no regulation promulgated as a result of this section shall prohibit the practice of selling, offering to sell or delivering to any person or group of persons any drinks at a price less than the price regularly charged for such drinks for a period longer than 48 hours, except at private functions not open to the public

SECTION BB.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the alcoholic beverages control commission shall, 1 year after the effective date of SECTION AA, conduct an investigation and study as to of the impacts of said section. The commission shall report the results of its investigation and study, together with drafts of legislation, if any, necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, who shall forward the same to the joint committee on consumer protection and professional licensure on or before December 31, 2013.”

SECTION XX. Section 106 of chapter 194 of the acts 2011 is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- In addition, the alcohol beverages control commission shall also investigate and report on the possibility of promulgating regulations allowing for the practice of selling, offering to sell or delivering to any person or group of persons any drinks at a price less than the price regularly charged for such drinks for period longer than 48 hours, except at private functions not open to the public.

SECTION XX. Said section 106 of said chapter 194 is hereby further amended by striking out the words “June 30, 2013” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- October 1, 2012.