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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, O'Brien, and Hull

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2014

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 3-7-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail

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Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     3-7-27. Insurance requirements. – (a) In the town of Burrillville, an applicant for a

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license under this chapter shall file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing

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comprehensive, general-liability coverage in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand

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dollars ($300,000) for bodily or personal injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for

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property damage; or for a minimum amount to be set by ordinance. The certificate shall provide

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that the insurance shall not be modified or cancelled unless thirty (30) days prior notice is given

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to the Town town of Burrillville and that the Town town of Burrillville is named as an additional

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insured. A licensee must be insured by a carrier licensed in this state.

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     (b) In the town of North Providence, an applicant for a license under this chapter shall

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file with the application a certificate of insurance evidencing comprehensive, general-liability

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coverage in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily or

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personal injury and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for property damage; or for a

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minimum amount to be set by ordinance. The certificate shall provide that the insurance shall not

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be modified or cancelled unless prior, advance notice is given to the town of North Providence,

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according to the terms of the insurance policy, and that the town of North Providence is named as

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an additional insured. A licensee must be insured by a carrier licensed in this state.

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

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     This act would require that prior notice be given to the town of North Providence and the

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town is named as an additional insured prior to the issuance, modification, or cancellation of the

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certificate of insurance for a retail liquor license.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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