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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 15B: Holder of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages; failure to pay amount owed; suspension of license

Section 15B. If any employer is the holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages and fails to pay any amount required under this chapter within ten days from the date notice to satisfy a judgment obtained pursuant to section fifteen was mailed to such employer, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent may notify the commissioner of the alcoholic beverages control commission of such failure to pay. Upon the written request of the commissioner or commissioner's agent, and after a hearing and notice to the licensee as required under any applicable provision of law, the commissioner of the alcoholic beverages control commission shall suspend the license to sell alcoholic beverages of such licensee until written notice from the commissioner or the commissioner's agent has been received that the amount owed has been paid or that the licensee has entered into a payment agreement acceptable to the commissioner.