2020 -- H 7159 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Place, Newberry, Lyle, and Quattrocchi | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 3-7-16.3 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-7 entitled "Retail |
2 | Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 3-7-16.3. Class T legitimate theater license. |
4 | (a) Legitimate theaters as defined in subsection (b) or subsection (c) may apply for a |
5 | Class T license. The license authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell |
6 | beverages at retail in the place described in the license and to deliver those beverages for |
7 | consumption on the premises where sold at the times when scheduled events relating to art, the |
8 | legitimate theatre or community artistic experiences may be held on those premises and for a |
9 | period of one hour prior to those events and one hour subsequent thereto, provided those events |
10 | begin subsequent to twelve o'clock (12:00) noon. The licensed premises may contain a bar. A |
11 | Class T license authorizes entertainment only in conformity with ordinances of the city or town |
12 | where the facility is located on the licensed premises. Class T licenses shall only be issued by the |
13 | local licensing authority. |
14 | (b) "Legitimate Theaters", for the purposes of this section, includes nonprofit, cultural |
15 | organizations and for profit historic theaters located in the city of Newport whose primary |
16 | purpose is to provide a support system to deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the |
17 | benefit of the communities they serve or which provide live, regularly-scheduled theatrical |
18 | productions on a regular basis throughout the year and all events contributing toward the goal of |
19 | providing quality artistic experiences for the community. |
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1 | (c) For purposes of this section, "legitimate theaters" shall also include facility |
2 | management corporations who are contractually authorized to manage buildings owned or under |
3 | the authority of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority whose primary purpose is to |
4 | provide a support system to deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the benefit of the |
5 | communities they serve or which provide live, regularly scheduled theatrical productions on a |
6 | regular basis throughout the year and all events contributing toward the goal of providing quality |
7 | artistic experiences for the community. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- THEATER LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would expand the definition of legitimate theaters to extend beyond the city of |
2 | Newport. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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