Rhode Island HB 5408: AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LICENSES GENERALLY (Requires that notice of application to owners of property within two hundred feet (200') of the site of a proposed liquor licensee be given by certified mail.)

Bill Text

2021 -- H 5408
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021
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A N A C T
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LICENSES GENERALLY
Introduced By: Representative Blake Anthony Filippi
Date Introduced: February 05, 2021
Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3-5-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-5 entitled "Licenses 1
Generally" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
3-5-17. Notice and hearing on licenses. 3
Before granting a license to any person under the provisions of this chapter and title, the 4
board, body or official to whom application for the license is made, shall give notice by 5
advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks in some newspaper published in 6
the city or town where the applicant proposes to carry on business, or, if there is no newspaper 7
published in a city or town, then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the city or town. 8
Applications for retailer's Class F, P and Class G licenses need not be advertised. The advertisement 9
shall contain the name of the applicant and a description by street and number or other plain 10
designation of the particular location for which the license is requested. Notice of the application 11
shall also be given, by certified mail, to all owners of property within two hundred feet (200') of 12
the place of business seeking the application. The notice shall be given by the board, body or official 13
to whom the application is made, and the cost of the application shall be borne by the applicant. 14
The notices shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard before the granting of the license, 15
and shall name the time and place of the hearing. At the time and place a fair opportunity shall be 16
granted the remonstrants to make their objections before acting upon the application; provided that 17
no advertisement or notice need be given pursuant to this section when a license holder applies for 18
a temporary seasonal expansion of an existing liquor license. 19

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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LICENSES GENERALLY
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This act would require that notice of application to owners of property within two hundred 1
feet (200') of the site of a proposed liquor licensee be given by certified mail. 2
This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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