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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, Morrison, San Bento, Silva, and Edwards | |
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Date Introduced: January 11, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 3-8-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-8 entitled "Regulation of |
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Sales" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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3-8-1. Sales on Sundays and holidays -- Sales to underage persons, intoxicated |
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persons, and persons of intemperate habits. -- Licenses issued under this title shall not |
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authorize the sale or service of beverages on Sunday, nor on Christmas day excepting licensed |
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taverns, clubs, victualing houses, and retail Class F licensed places when served with food to |
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guests, and except in places operated under a retail Class E license described in this title, and |
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excepting the sale of wine or winery products at retail pursuant to section 3-6-1.1(e)(4) by holders |
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of farmer-winery licenses and the serving of complimentary samples pursuant to section 3-6- |
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1.1(g) by holders of farmer-winery licenses, except in cars or on passenger-carrying marine |
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vessels operated by holders of Class G licenses, and except as otherwise provided herein. The |
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department may limit the sale of beverages on passenger-carrying marine vessels to the hours |
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from twelve o'clock (12:00) p.m. to six o'clock (6:00) p.m. on those days; nor shall they authorize |
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the sale or delivery to any underaged person as defined in this title for purposes of sale, |
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possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages, either for his or her own use or for the use of |
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his or her parents, or of any other person; or the sale of beverages to any intoxicated persons or to |
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any person of notoriously intemperate habits. Places operating under a retail Class C license are |
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authorized to be open for the sale of alcoholic beverages upon Columbus day, Armistice day, |
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Victory day, provided however, that a local board of license may authorize places operating under |
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a Class C license to be open on New Year's day. A Class C licensee may serve beverages on |
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Sunday with the written approval of the local board of license, subject to the notice provisions of |
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section 3-5-17. Places operating under a retail Class A license are not authorized to be open for |
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the sale of alcoholic beverages upon Thanksgiving day and New Year's day. Provided, however, |
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that holders of Class A licenses may open from no earlier than twelve noon (12:00) p.m. to no |
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later than six o'clock (6:00) p.m. on Sundays, unless the following Monday is a holiday, in which |
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event the holders may remain open no later than nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. the prior Sunday. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would allow holders of Class A liquor licenses to remain open on Sundays until |
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9:00 p.m. if the following Monday is a holiday. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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