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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 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - TAVERNS, COOKSHOPS AND | |
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OYSTER HOUSES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives E Coderre, Johnston, O`Neill, Messier, and San Bento | |
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Date Introduced: February 08, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
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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 | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - TAVERNS, COOKSHOPS AND | |
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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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