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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES

     

     Introduced By: Senator Harold M. Metts

     Date Introduced: June 07, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 3-7-23 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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     3-7-23. Closing hours for Class A licenses.

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     The following closing hours shall be observed by all Class A license holders:

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     (1) November 1 to May 31. No holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverage

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under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m.

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(local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock

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(11:00) p.m. In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver

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beverages under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00)

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a.m. (local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven

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o'clock (11:00) p.m. When a legal holiday is celebrated on a Monday, the preceding Saturday

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shall be considered the holiday eve.

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     (2) June 1 to October 31. No holder of a class A license shall sell or deliver beverages

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under this license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m.

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(local time). In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver

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beverages under that license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and nine o'clock

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(9:00) a.m. (local time).

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2017.

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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 provide that all Class A liquor license holders located in the city of

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Providence shall not be permitted to open for business until nine o'clock (9:00) a.m.

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     This act would take effect on September 1, 2017.

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