Chapter 058

2012 -- S 2723

Enacted 05/08/12

A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - TAVERNS, COOKSHOPS AND

OYSTER HOUSES

Introduced By: Senators Doyle, Crowley, and Nesselbush

Date Introduced: March 06, 2012

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 5-24-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-24 entitled "Taverns,

Cookshops, and Oyster Houses" is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-24-3. Penalty for violations. – (a) Every person in any city or town who opens or

keeps open any tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar, without

possessing a license obtained from the city or town council, or in any place other than that

specified in that license, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense, one-half ( 1/2) of

that amount to the use of the city or town in which the offense has been committed and one-half (

1/2) to the use of the state.

(b) In addition to the fines enumerated above, the city of Pawtucket may close any

unlicensed tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar until said unlicensed

tavern, victualing house, cookshop, oyster house, or oyster cellar obtains a license from the

Pawtucket city council or the Pawtucket city council sitting as the Pawtucket board of license

commissioners.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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LC01533

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