| Chapter 069 |
| 2025 -- S 0989 Enacted 06/13/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES |
Introduced By: Senator Dawn M. Euer |
| Date Introduced: April 16, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 3-7-16.3 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail |
| Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 3-7-16.3. Class T legitimate theater license. |
| (a) Legitimate theaters as defined in subsection (b) or subsection (c) may apply for a Class |
| T license. The license authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell beverages at |
| retail in the place described in the license and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the |
| premises where sold at the times when scheduled events relating to art, the legitimate theater or |
| community artistic experiences may be held on those premises and for a period of one hour prior |
| to those events and one hour subsequent thereto, provided those events begin subsequent to twelve |
| o’clock (12:00) noon. The licensed premises may contain a bar. A Class T license authorizes |
| entertainment only in conformity with ordinances of the city or town where the facility is located |
| on the licensed premises. Class T licenses shall only be issued by the local licensing authority. |
| (b) “Legitimate theaters,” for the purposes of this section, includes nonprofit, cultural |
| organizations and for-profit historic theaters located in the city of Newport, or the town of |
| Burrillville, or the town of Jamestown, with a primary purpose of providing a support system to |
| deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the benefit of the communities the theaters serve |
| or that provide live, regularly scheduled theatrical productions on a regular basis throughout the |
| year and all events contributing toward the goal of providing quality artistic experiences for the |
| community. |
| (c) For purposes of this section, “legitimate theaters” shall also include facility |
| management corporations that are contractually authorized to manage buildings owned or under |
| the authority of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority with a primary purpose of providing |
| a support system to deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the benefit of the communities |
| the corporations serve or that provide live, regularly scheduled theatrical productions on a regular |
| basis throughout the year and all events contributing toward the goal of providing quality artistic |
| experiences for the community. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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