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- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Emergency law under Mass. Const. amend. art. 48
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03 (emergency law) (read as 2020-04-03)
- 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 (read as 2022-05-01)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to May 1, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Alcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- municipalities
- restaurants holding on-premises alcohol licenses
- State authorities
- Functions reached
- BA/TO restaurants' alcohol sales channel changed to takeout
- CRT municipal budgets, town meetings and permit deadlines
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
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, 'a 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.']
Enforcement
ABCC and local licensing authorities
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.
Retrieval noteSections 1-7 read; s. 13 content confirmed from ch. 20 of 2021 ss. 1-2 (read).