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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 - CLASS A LIQUOR LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Senator Stephen R. Archambault | |
Date Introduced: July 16, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 3-5-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-5 entitled "Licenses |
2 | Generally" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 3-5-16. Maximum number of licenses. |
4 | (a)(1) The department of business regulation shall have the right and power to limit the |
5 | number of licenses of each class. The limit shall not exceed the maximum number, if any, of any |
6 | class of license that is fixed by the licensing boards within their respective towns or cities. |
7 | (2) The number of Class C licenses in any town or city shall not exceed one for each one |
8 | thousand (1,000) of its inhabitants. |
9 | (3) Every city and town may grant in any year renewals of any license of Class A in |
10 | operation prior to April 28, 1969, except when renewal of that license is refused for cause, but no |
11 | further new and original licenses of Class A shall be granted until the number of licenses of Class |
12 | A outstanding in any city or town has been reduced to less than one for each six thousand (6,000) |
13 | of its inhabitants (one for each four thousand (4,000) of its inhabitants in any city or town with less |
14 | than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants), as determined by the last census taken under the |
15 | authority of the United States or the state, by cancellation, revocation, or the failure of holders of |
16 | those licenses to apply for renewals. After that reduction to less than one for each six thousand |
17 | (6,000) inhabitants (one for each four thousand (4,000) inhabitants in any town or city with less |
18 | than twenty thousand (20,000) inhabitants), licenses of Class A may be granted in any year by any |
19 | city or town only up to a total not exceeding one for each six thousand (6,000) of its inhabitants |
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1 | (one for each four thousand (4,000) of its inhabitants in any town or city with less than twenty |
2 | thousand (20,000) inhabitants) as determined by census as required in this subsection. However, |
3 | two (2) Class A licenses may be issued by every city or town of the state irrespective of population |
4 | and, until the qualified electors of any city or town shall vote to the contrary, one Class A license |
5 | may be issued in every city or town in this state unless otherwise ordered by the city or town |
6 | council. |
7 | Any Class A license issued to or held by a Class E licensee pursuant to the provisions of ยง |
8 | 3-7-5 shall be included in the total of, and subject to the limit upon the number of, Class A licenses |
9 | which may be granted by any city or town under this section. |
10 | (b) The transfer of any existing license from the holder of this license to another person |
11 | shall not be considered as the issuance of a new license under this section. |
12 | (c) The several cities and towns, except those cities and towns that had in effect on June 1, |
13 | 1971, a limit on the number of retailers' Class B or D licenses, shall not issue any new retailers' |
14 | Class B or D licenses until May 1, 1972. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any |
15 | application filed on or before May 30, 1971. |
16 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, irrespective of the |
17 | population of the town of Smithfield, it is expressly authorized to issue a total of five (5) Class A |
18 | liquor licenses. |
19 | 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 - CLASS A LIQUOR LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would eliminate the provision authorizing the town of Smithfield to issue a total |
2 | of five (5) Class A liquor store licenses. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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