H 5345

HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5345
   The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 9, 2026.
    The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to
whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5075) of
James Arciero (by vote of the town) that the town of Westford be
authorized to grant one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
beverages to be drunk off the premises in said town, reports
recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 5345) ought to
pass [Local Approval Received].
  For the committee,
  TACKEY CHAN.
  FILED ON: 4/3/2026
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5345
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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An Act authorizing the town of Westford to grant one additional license for the sale of all
alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the
2 licensing authority of the town of Westford may grant an 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 Keshav Partnership Group LLC, D/B/A Main Street Convenience located at 103 Main Street in
5 the town of Westford. The license shall be subject to all of said chapter 138 except said section
6 17.
7(b) The licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of a license granted under this
8 section to any other location but it may grant the license to a new applicant at the same location
9 if the applicant files with the licensing authority a letter from the department of revenue and a
10 letter from the department of unemployment assistance indicating that the license is in good
11 standing with those departments and that all applicable taxes, fees and contributions have been
12 paid.
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13(c) If a licensee terminates or fails to renew a license granted under this section or any
14 such license is cancelled, revoked or no longer in use, it shall be returned physically, with all of
15 the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto, to the licensing authority and the
16 licensing authority may, within 3 years after such return, then grant the license to a new applicant
17 at the same location and under the same conditions as specified in this section, otherwise such
18 license shall dissolve.
19(d) A license granted under this section shall be issued within 1 year after the effective
20 date of this act; provided, however, that a license originally granted within that time period may
21 be granted to a new applicant under subsections (b) and (c) thereafter.
22SECTION 2 Upon the issuance of the license authorized under section 1, the licensee
23 shall return physically, with all of the legal rights, privileges and restrictions pertaining thereto to
24 the licensing authority its license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the
25 premises under section 15 of chapter 138.
26SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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