Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-240

GOV 240

Alcoholic beverage manufacturer pouring licenses

Ms. Flanagan moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION  __. Section 19 of chapter 138 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, before the words “The Commission”, the following:- (a).

SECTION __. Said section 19 of said chapter 138 as so appearing is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof, the following subsection:-(b) Notwithstanding section 17, a local licensing authority, subject to the approval of the commission, may grant a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the manufacturer’s premises to a manufacturer authorized to manufacture alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section; provided, however, that such licensees may sell for on-premises consumption alcoholic beverages produced by the manufacturer.