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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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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

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1/2) to the use of the state.

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

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

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

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

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commissioners.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - TAVERNS, COOKSHOPS AND

OYSTER HOUSES

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     This act would authorize the city of Pawtucket to close any unlicensed taverns, victualing

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houses, cookshops, oyster houses and oyster cellars in the city.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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