HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4850
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 11, 2024.
The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to
whom was referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4747) of Mathew J. Muratore, Susan L. Moran and Kathleen R. LaNatra
(by vote of the town) that the town of Plymouth be authorized to grant two
additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk
on the premises in said town, reports recommending that the
accompanying bill (House, No. 4850) ought to pass [Local Approval
Received].
For the committee,
TACKEY CHAN.
 FILED ON: 7/9/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4850
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act authorizing the town of Plymouth to grant 2 additional licenses for the sale of all
alcoholic beverages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2 licensing authority of the town of Plymouth may grant 2 additional licenses for the sale of all
3 alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to
4 establishments located within the 2 economic development zones described in subsection (b)
5 upon approval of and under conditions set by the licensing authority of the town of Plymouth. A
6 license granted under this act shall be clearly marked on its face either “Precinct 9” or “Precinct
7 17”, as applicable, and shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
8 (b) The licensing authority shall restrict the 2 licenses authorized in this act to
9 establishments located within the town’s “Precinct 9” or “Precinct 17”as those zoned areas are
10 located and bound as shown on a map titled "Precinct Map of Plymouth, Massachusetts," dated
11 February 26, 2024, a copy of which is on file in the office of the town clerk.
12 (c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted pursuant to
13 this act to a location outside of the initial zoned area as described in subsection (b), but it may
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14 grant a license to a new applicant within such initial zoned area if the applicant files with the
15 licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a letter from the department of
16 unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good standing with those departments
17 and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been paid.
18 (d) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this act or any such
19 license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, the license shall be returned physically, with all
20 of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority and the
21 licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant under the same conditions as
22 specified in this act.
23 (e) All licenses granted under this act shall be issued within 3 years after the effective
24 date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may
25 be granted to a new applicant under subsections (c) or (d) thereafter.
26 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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