Amendment #523 to H4400

Pub Brewer Self Distribution and Sunday Sales

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the bill by adding the following new sections: -

“SECTION XX. Section 1 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out lines 95 to 99 inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"Pub brewery'', a plant or premise licensed under sections 12 and 19D where malt beverages are authorized to be produced and sold and where alcoholic beverages or wine only are authorized to be sold for consumption on the premises according to commission regulations and malt beverages may be sold for consumption off the premises.

SECTION XX. Section 19 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the words in line 12 ‘and 19C’ and inserting in place thereof the following:- ‘19C and 19D’.

SECTION XX. Section 19D of said Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (h) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

(h) A pub brewer may be licensed as a keeper of a pub brewery by the local licensing authorities subject to the prior approval of the commission to sell all alcoholic beverages or only wines and malt beverages, as the case may be, for consumption on the pub brewery premises in accordance with the pertinent provisions of section 12 and such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe. A pub brewer licensed under section 12 may sell at retail to consumers for off premises consumption malt beverages or malt beverage products not produced by the pub brewery on the pub brewery premises or produced for the pub brewery and sold under the pub brewery brand name. All retail sales shall be made on the pub brewery premises.

SECTION XX. Section 33 of said Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 30 after the words ‘legal holidays’, the following: - ‘provided further, that a licensee under section 19D may sell malt beverages at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off the brewery premises on Sundays and legal holidays;’”