Chapter
416
2005 -- H 6249 AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Introduced By: Representatives Flaherty, and Kennedy
Date Introduced: March 17,
2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 3-7-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail
Licenses"
is
hereby amended to read as follows:
3-7-3.
Class A license -- Towns and cities of 10,000 or more. -- (a) In cities
and towns
having a
population of ten thousand (10,000) or more inhabitants, a retailer's Class A
license
authorizes
the holder to keep for sale and to sell, at the place described, beverages at
retail and to
deliver
the beverages in a sealed package or container, which package or container
shall not be
opened
nor its contents consumed on the premises where sold. The holder of a Class A
license, if
other
than a person entitled to retail, compound, and dispense medicines and poisons,
shall not on
the
licensed premises engage in any other business, keep for sale or sell any
goods, wares,
merchandise
or any other article or thing except the beverages authorized under this
license and
nonalcoholic
beverages. This provision shall not apply to the sale or selling of cigarettes,
newspapers,
cigars, cigarette lighters, gift bags, prepackaged peanuts, pretzels, chips,
olives,
onions,
cherries, hot stuffed cherry peppers, Slim Jims and similar pre-packaged dried
meat
products,
pickled eggs, popcorn, pre-packaged candy, styrofoam cooler and ice, nor to
home bar
accessories
such as pourers, glasses, cork screws, stirrers, flasks, jiggers, wine racks,
ice crushers,
bottle
openers, can openers and any other items of like nature which may, by suitable
regulation
of the
director of business regulation, be authorized to be sold. A holder of a
Class A license will
not
be prohibited from providing ATM machines to the general public for use on its
licensed
premises. This section shall not apply to promotional free
goods which are subject to approval by
the
director. In the city of Newport this license may be issued to any person, firm
or corporation
who are
owners of bona fide markets for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction
with and
in
addition to the sale of meats or groceries in those bona fide markets. A
person, firm or
corporation
in that city may obtain a limited Class A license to sell beer, lager and ale
on the
same
premises as other goods, wares, merchandise and articles are sold. No Class A
license is
granted
for any premises unless the premises constitute a separate store, the entrance
or entrances
to which
shall be exclusively from the street or streets or arcade. This provision shall
not apply to
any
person, firm or corporation in the city of Newport who are owners of bona fide
markets for
the sale
of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with and in addition to the sale of meats
or
groceries
in those bona fide markets and as long as the market is owned and operated by
the
mother, father,
son, daughter, brother or sister of the original licensee, but not otherwise.
(b) The premises shall have opaque walls which shall completely partition and
sever the
premises
from any adjoining market, concession or business. This provision shall not be
construed
to limit the powers of the department to issue licenses on condition nor to
make rules
and
regulations as provided. The annual fee for a Class A license is five hundred
dollars ($500) to
one
thousand dollars ($1,000) prorated to the year ending December 1st in every
calendar year.
(c) Any licenses issued under the provisions of this section prior to May 8,
1964 remains
in full
force and effect.
SECTION 2. This act shall
take effect upon passage.
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