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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Messier, Barros, Kazarian, Alzate, Felix, and Tobon | |
Date Introduced: February 16, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 3-7-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail Licenses" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 3-7-23. Closing hours for Class A licenses. |
4 | The following closing hours shall be observed by all Class A license holders: |
5 | (1) November 1 to May 31. No holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverage |
6 | under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. (local |
7 | time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) |
8 | p.m. In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under |
9 | that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. (local time), |
10 | except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. In |
11 | the city of Central Falls, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under that |
12 | license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. local time. In the |
13 | city of Pawtucket, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverages under that license |
14 | between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. (local time), except on |
15 | legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. When a legal |
16 | holiday is celebrated on a Monday, the preceding Saturday shall be considered the holiday eve. |
17 | (2) June 1 to October 31. No holder of a class A license shall sell or deliver beverages |
18 | under this license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. |
19 | (local time). In the cities of Providence, and Central Falls, and Pawtucket, no holder of a Class A |
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1 | license shall sell or deliver beverages under that license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) |
2 | p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. (local time). |
3 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2022. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would amend the hours of operation for Class A liquor license holders in |
2 | Pawtucket. |
3 | This act would take effect on September 1, 2022. |
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