Bill > H153

This bill, concerning the transportation of alcoholic beverages for private use, proposes to increase the allowable amounts of malt beverages and alcohol that individuals can transport. Specifically, it amends Section 22 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws to allow for the transportation of thirty-two gallons of malt beverages (previously twenty gallons), four gallons of any other alcoholic beverage (previously three gallons), and two gallons of alcohol (previously one gallon). Additionally, the bill revises the penalties for violations, reducing the maximum fine from two thousand five hundred dollars to one thousand five hundred dollars and the maximum imprisonment from six months to three months in a house of corrections, or both.