Bill > S1648

Introduced Session

This bill reduces from 1,000 to 100 the number of seats required for a theater to be eligible to apply for a special license to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. The bill also requires the holder of this special license to be a nonprofit corporation that regularly conducts musical or theatrical performances or concerts, for which admission is charged, and uses the license in connection with premises that are primarily used for those activities. Under current law, municipalities are authorized to issue a special plenary retail consumption license, known as a "theater license," to a nonprofit corporation which conducts musical or theatrical performances or concerts on the premises if there is a seating capacity of 1,000 persons or more. The holder of this special license may only serve alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises during the performance, as well as two hours before and two hours after the performance.

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Patrick Diegnan (D)*,  Tom Kean (R)*,  Michael Doherty (R),  Vin Gopal (D),  Declan O'Scanlon (R),  Steven Oroho (R),  Mike Testa (R), 

Substituted by A1478 (2R) (on 12/16/2019)