Bill Text: MA H273 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require that employees of package stores be at least twenty-one years of age
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/5 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H273 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H273-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul McMurtry
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to Package Store Employees.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Package Store Employees.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15E, the following new section:
Section 15 F. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all employees of a store licensed to sell alcohol to be consumed off the premises as licensed by Section 15 of Chapter 138 shall be at least twenty-one years of age. The commission shall enforce the requirements of this section, by administrative proceedings, against a person licensed under this section whose employee is under twenty one years of age and directly handles or sells alcoholic beverages in violation of this section, as follows: -
(1) a first violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1000.
(2) A second violation of this section shall be punished by a suspension of the licensee’s license for a length to be determined by the commission and a fine of $5,000.
All persons employed by a licensee under section 15 of chapter 138 at the time of the enactment of this section shall be exempt.
