S 2893

SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2893
Senate, December 18, 2025 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Senator Rausch) to the House Bill
authorizing the town of Milford to convert a license for the sale of wine and malt beverages into
a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be consumed on the premises (House, No.
4359).
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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1SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2 licensing authority of the town of Milford may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all
3 alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138 to
4 Constandinos Giokas doing business as Charlie’s Mini Mart located at 36 School street in the
5 town of Milford. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section 17.
6(b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of the license granted under to
7 this section to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same
8 location if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue
9 and a letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating the license is in good
10 standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been
11 paid.
12(c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any
13 such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all the
14 legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority, which may,
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15 after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant at the same location under the same
16 conditions as specified in this act, otherwise such license shall dissolve.
17(d) The license granted under this section shall be issued within 1 year after the effective
18 date of this act; provided, however, that if the license is originally granted within that time
19 period, it may be granted to a new applicant under subsection (b) or (c) thereafter.
20SECTION 2. Upon the issuance of the license authorized in section 1, the licensee shall
21 return physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the
22 licensing authority of the town of Milford, its license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not
23 to be drunk on the premises under section 15 of chapter 138 of the General Laws.
24SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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