Chapter 536
2004 -- H 8700
Enacted 07/07/04
A N A C T
RELATING
TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- LICENSES
Introduced
By: Representative Peter F. Kilmartin
Date
Introduced: June 25, 2004
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 3-7-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail
Licenses"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-7-11.
Class D license. -- A retailer's Class D license shall be issued only
to a club or to
any
corporation organized prior to the year 1900 for purposes similar to those set
forth in chapter
6 of
title 7, and which has held a Class D license for at least ten (10) consecutive
years prior to
July
1, 1993, and authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell
beverages at the
place
described at retail and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the
premises where
sold.
The license authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and sell
beverages, including
beer
in cans, at retail at the place described and to deliver those beverages for
consumption on the
premises.
If a club is not the owner or, for the period of two (2) years before the
filing of its
application
for a license, the lessee of the premises where its principal activities are
carried on or
of
kitchen and dining room equipment in the club premises reasonably adequate to
supply its
members
and guests with food, then the license shall authorize the holder of the
license to keep
for sale
and sell malt and vinous beverages, but not beverages consisting in whole or in
part of
alcohol
produced by distillation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, with
the
permission
of the local authority, the licensee may supply food and beverage to the public
for
consumption
on the premises at times determined by the holder of the license. The annual
fee for
the
license to sell beverages shall be not more than eight hundred dollars ($800)
and for the
license
to sell malt and vinous beverages only shall be not more than four hundred
dollars ($400),
in
each case prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year
determined by each
local
municipality.; provided, further, a municipality may establish
separate and lower annual
fees
for Class D licenses for veterans’ halls with a capacity of not more than one
hundred (100)
persons.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage and apply to licenses issued on or
after
December 1, 2004.
=======
LC03775
=======