Bill > H3712

This bill authorizes the town of Bedford to issue more licenses for establishments that sell alcoholic beverages intended to be consumed on the premises, overriding a specific existing law (section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws) that limits the number of such licenses. The town's licensing authority can also choose to only grant these new licenses to businesses that already hold a common victualler license, which is a license to operate a restaurant or food service establishment. Furthermore, these new licenses cannot be moved to a different location, but a new applicant can receive a license for the same location if they prove they are current on all taxes and fees owed to the state's departments of revenue and unemployment assistance. If a license is no longer in use, it will be returned to the licensing authority, who can then issue it to a new applicant under the same rules.