By Mr. Jones of North Reading, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4737) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  , and others (by vote of the town) that the town of Reading be authorized to place a question on the annual town election ballot relative to seating capacity for restaurant liquor licenses. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

Richard R. Tisei

Patrick M. Natale

 

 

 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Eight.

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 An Act reducing the minimum seating capacity of certain restaurants in the town of Reading

 

    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. Notwithstanding Section 11 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, or any vote cast in the Town of Reading on Question 6 at the November 2, 1982 State Election, or any other special act or general law to the contrary, the Selectmen of the Town of Reading shall cause to be placed on the official ballot used in the Town of Reading by the registered voters thereof at the Annual Town Election to be held in the year 2009 the following question:

 

Shall the Board of Selectmen be granted the authority to issue licenses for the sale of all alcohol beverages to be consumed on the premises to restaurants with a seating capacity of less than one hundred persons?

 

                Yes ______          No ______

 

SECTION 2. The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading is hereby authorized to and shall include a summary of the aforesaid question to be printed on the ballot along with the question as stated in section one and to print said summary.

 

If a majority of the votes cast in said Town in answer to said question is in the affirmative, said Town shall be taken to have authorized the sale in said Town of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises for restaurants having a seating capacity of less than one hundred persons. Said licenses shall be subject, however, to all the other provisions of said Chapter 138.

 

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.