| Chapter 013 |
| 2021 -- H 5504 Enacted 05/19/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES |
| Introduced By: Representative William W. O'Brien |
| Date Introduced: February 12, 2021 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 3-8-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-8 entitled "Regulation of |
| Sales" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 3-8-1. Sales on Sundays and holidays -- Sales to underage persons, intoxicated |
| persons, and persons of intemperate habits. |
| Licenses issued under this title shall not authorize the sale or service of beverages on |
| Sunday, nor on Christmas day excepting licensed taverns, clubs, victualing houses, and retail Class |
| F licensed places when served with food to guests, and except in places operated under a retail |
| Class E license described in this title, and excepting the sale of wine or winery products at retail |
| pursuant to § 3-6-1.1(e)(4) by holders of farmer-winery licenses and the serving of complimentary |
| samples pursuant to § 3-6-1.1(g) by holders of farmer-winery licenses, except in cars or on |
| passenger-carrying marine vessels operated by holders of Class G licenses, and except as otherwise |
| provided herein. The department may limit the sale of beverages on passenger-carrying marine |
| vessels to the hours from twelve o'clock (12:00) p.m. to six o'clock (6:00) p.m. on those days; nor |
| shall they authorize the sale or delivery to any underaged person as defined in this title for purposes |
| of sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages, either for his or her own use or for the |
| use of his or her parents, or of any other person; or the sale of beverages to any intoxicated persons |
| or to any person of notoriously intemperate habits. Places operating under a retail Class C license |
| are authorized to be open for the sale of alcoholic beverages upon Columbus day, Armistice day, |
| and Victory day, provided however, that a local board of license may authorize places operating |
| under a Class C license to be open on New Year's day. A Class C licensee may serve beverages on |
| Sunday with the written approval of the local board of license, subject to the notice provisions of § |
| 3-5-17. Places operating under a retail Class A license are not authorized to be open for the sale of |
| alcoholic beverages upon Thanksgiving day and New Year's day. Provided, however, that holders |
| of Class A licenses may open from no earlier than ten o'clock (10:00) a.m. to no later than six |
| o'clock (6:00) p.m. on Sundays, unless the following Monday is a holiday, in which event the |
| holders may remain open no later than nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. the prior Sunday. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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