2017 -- S 0940 | |
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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 | |
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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: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 3-7-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail |
2 | Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 3-7-23. Closing hours for Class A licenses. |
4 | The following closing hours shall be observed by all Class A license holders: |
5 | (1) November 1 to May 31. No holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver beverage |
6 | under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. |
7 | (local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven o'clock |
8 | (11:00) p.m. In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver |
9 | beverages under that license between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. and nine o'clock (9:00) |
10 | a.m. (local time), except on legal holiday eves at which time the closing hour shall be eleven |
11 | o'clock (11:00) p.m. When a legal holiday is celebrated on a Monday, the preceding Saturday |
12 | shall be considered the holiday eve. |
13 | (2) June 1 to October 31. No holder of a class A license shall sell or deliver beverages |
14 | under this license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. |
15 | (local time). In the city of Providence, no holder of a Class A license shall sell or deliver |
16 | beverages under that license between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) p.m. and nine o'clock |
17 | (9:00) a.m. (local time). |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2017. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would provide that all Class A liquor license holders located in the city of |
2 | Providence shall not be permitted to open for business until nine o'clock (9:00) a.m. |
3 | This act would take effect on September 1, 2017. |
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