AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEVENS ENTERPRISE COMMISSION TO GRANT CERTAIN LICENSES.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in addition to any licenses issued pursuant to clause (h) of paragraph (5) of section 11 of chapter 498 of the acts of 1993, the Devens Enterprise Commission may grant: (1) a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, to a restaurant; and (2) a license for the sale of wines and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises, to a hotel. Licenses granted under this section shall not decrease the number of such licenses authorized to be granted by the towns of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley.
SECTION 2. Except as provided in section 1 and notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the Devens Enterprise Commission shall not grant any additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or for the sale of wines and malt beverages for a period of 5 years following the effective date of this act. After the expiration of the 5-year period, the Devens Enterprise Commission shall not grant any licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages or for the sale of wines and malt beverages unless local approval is first received from the board of selectmen in each of the towns of Ayer, Harvard and Shirley.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.