HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4140
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 23, 2019.
The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to
whom was referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 295)
of Paul McMurtry and Michael F. Rush (by vote of the town) that the town
of Dedham be authorized to grant one additional license for the sale of beer
and wine to be drunk on the premises, reports recommending that the
accompanying bill (House, No. 4140) ought to pass [Local Approval
Received].
For the committee,
TACKEY CHAN.
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HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4140
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act authorizing the town of Dedham to grant one additional license for the sale of beer and
wine 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:
1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2 local licensing authority of the town of Dedham may grant an additional license for the sale of
3 wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the premises under section 12 of said chapter 138 to
4 Forklift Corp. d/b/a The Grateful Dedham Diner located at 573 High Street in the town of
5 Dedham. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
6 (b) A license granted under this section shall only be exercised in the dining room of a
7 Common Victualer and in such other public rooms or areas as may be deemed reasonable and
8 appropriate by the licensing authority as certified in writing.
9 (c) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted under this
10 section to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location
11 if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a
12 letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good
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13 standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been
14 paid.
15 (d) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any
16 such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of
17 the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, and the
18 licensing authority may then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location under the
19 same conditions as specified in this section.
20 (e) All licenses granted under this act shall be issued within 1 year after the effective date
21 of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may be
22 granted to a new applicant under subsection (c) or (d) thereafter.
23 SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.
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