{"id":"MA-051","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor","authority":"Emergency law under Mass. Const. amend. art. 48","instrument":"Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020","title":"An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting from COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03 (emergency law)","end":"Section 13 (takeout beer and wine with food orders) extended to May 1, 2022 by ch. 20 of the Acts of 2021, s. 1; ss. 15-16 extended to Dec. 15, 2021 by ch. 20, ss. 3, 5","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2022-05-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["ALC","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["municipalities","restaurants holding on-premises alcohol licenses","State authorities"],"clause":"Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are to make certain changes in law in response to a public health emergency... therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law. [s. 13, as later amended by ch. 20 of 2021, s. 2: takeout sales of wine and malt beverages with food, \u0027a customer shall be limited to 192 ounces of malt beverages and 1.5 liters of wine per transaction; and (v) the wine or malt beverages shall be sold at the same price for on-premises consumption and for off-premises consumption.\u0027]","enforcement":"ABCC and local licensing authorities","functions":["BA/TO restaurants\u0027 alcohol sales channel changed to takeout","CRT municipal budgets, town meetings and permit deadlines"],"notes":"Sections 1-7 address town meetings, budgets and deficits; s. 13 the takeout-alcohol allowance that the Legislature kept alive to May 1, 2022.","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter53","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200412213036/https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter53","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":153382,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-051","citation":"General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MA-051)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-052"]}