AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF GREENFIELD TO GRANT AN ADDITIONAL LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES
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. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing authority of the city of Greenfield may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 138 to Tuckerman's Glasses, LLC, doing business as Greenfield Garden Cinema located at 361 Main street in the city of Greenfield. The license granted pursuant to this act shall be subject to all of said chapter 138, except said section 17.
(b) A license granted pursuant to this act shall only be exercised in the dining room of a common victualler and other such public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable and appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing.
(c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to this act to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.
(d) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew the license granted pursuant to this act or any such license is revoked, cancelled or no longer in use, the license shall be returned physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority which may, within 3 years of such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location under the same conditions as specified in this act, otherwise such license shall dissolve.
(e) The license granted pursuant to this act shall be issued within 1 year after the effective date of this act; provided, however, that a license that is originally granted within that time period may be granted to a new applicant under subsections (c) and (d) thereafter.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, February 29, 2024.