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Location of Massachusetts. The serving of alcohol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC), which is responsible for issuing licenses and permits for all manufacturers, wholesalers and importers, out-of-state suppliers, brokers, salespeople, warehouses, planes, trains, ships, ship chandlers and vehicles transporting alcoholic beverages.
The proposed law would take effect on January 1, 2011. A YES VOTE would remove the state sales tax on alcoholic beverages and alcohol where their sale or importation into the state is subject to an excise tax under state law. A NO VOTE would make no change in the state sales tax on alcoholic beverages and alcohol.
Additionally, brokers, salesman, warehouses, planes, trains, ships, [2] ship chandlers, [3] and motor vehicles transporting alcoholic beverages in Massachusetts require licensing. The Commission also approves the granting of every retail pouring or package store license application allowed by a city or town.
Massachusetts changed their blue laws in 2004 to allow people to buy alcohol on Sundays.
Liquor and wine can only be bought in liquor stores. But no establishment can serve or sell any alcohol between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings. As marijuana becomes more widely ...
Texas law prohibits off-premises sale of liquor (but not beer and wine) all day on Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Off-premises sale of beer and wine on Sunday is only allowed from 10:01 am onward. Texas law also prohibits the sale of alcohol in any "sexually oriented business" in a dry county. Strip clubs in these ...
Jul. 15—Establishments that overserve alcohol to a customer will be hit with steeper penalties under a bill signed into law last week. House Bill 279, known as the Elizabeth Croke Law, was ...
Four grocery chain stores in the county have grandfathered alcohol licenses. [34] The regulatory agency is Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS). Dorchester County was an alcohol control county until 2008, when the County Council voted to permanently close the county-owned liquor dispensaries, with subsequent change in the state law ...