HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4340
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 30, 2020.
The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to
whom was referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4270) of Joseph D. McKenna and Ryan C. Fattman (by vote of the town)
that the town of Webster be authorized to grant an additional license for the
sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in said town,
reports recommending the accompanying order (House, No. 4340) ought to
be adopted [Local Approval Received].
For the committee,
TACKEY CHAN.
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HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4340
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 Webster 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:
1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2 local licensing authority of the town of Webster may grant an additional license for the sale of all
3 alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, under section 12 of chapter 138, to Bench Date,
4 Inc. d/b/a The Rose Room, located at 4 East Main Street in the town of Webster, Massachusetts.
5 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 victualler and 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 section shall be issued within 1 year after the effective
21 date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may
22 be granted to a new applicant under subsections (c) or (d) thereafter.
23 SECTION 2. Upon the issuance of the license authorized under this act, the licensee shall
24 return physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the
25 licensing authority, its license for the sale of wine and malt beverages to be drunk on the
26 premises under section 12 of chapter 138.
27 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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