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MA Gen L ch 138 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 20 - Storage Permits; Special Warehouse Permits; Special Seasonal Permits; Fees; Rules and Regulations

Section 20. The commission may grant to any holder of a manufacturer's, farmer-winery, farmer-brewery or wholesaler's and importer's license under this chapter a permit to store in any city or town those alcoholic beverages which the licensees are authorized to manufacture, produce or sell; but there shall not be granted to the manufacturer, farmer-winery, farmer-brewery, or wholesaler and importer, in the aggregate, more than 3 permits in the commonwealth-not more than 1 permit in any city or town. A permit so granted to the holder of the license shall authorize him to deliver the beverages from any place of storage for which he has a permit upon orders, which need not be in writing, received by him at the premises covered by his manufacturer's, farmer-winery, farmer-brewery or wholesaler's and importer's license and transmitted to the place of storage covered by the permit. The commission may establish annual fees thereof not exceeding $2,000 for any 1 permit.  Special warehouse permits may be granted by the commission for the storage of alcoholic beverages in a duly licensed bonded warehouse. A special permit so granted shall authorize the holder thereof to transfer the beverages between any premises for which he has such special permit and any premises covered by his manufacturer's, farmer-winery, farmer-brewery or wholesaler's and importer's license. The fee for a special permit shall be not less than $125 nor more than $1,000.  Special seasonal permits may be granted by the commission upon payment of a fee of $500 for each such permit, which shall authorize any licensee under section 18 or 19 to store malt beverages in the same city or town in which their licensed premises are located; but the storage shall be in a place properly equipped for the refrigeration of malt beverages and that the authorization shall be effective only for the period between April first and October thirty-first in any year.  An innholder licensed under chapter one hundred and forty and section twelve of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight is hereby permitted under this section to store wines in a licensed and bonded warehouse. Said licensee shall only be permitted to use the hereinabove described stored wines on such licensee's premises in the normal course of business and such wines shall not be for resale to other establishments licensed under this chapter.  Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the transportation of alcoholic beverages in any vehicle not covered by a permit issued under section twenty-two.  No vote in any city or town under section eleven shall prevent the renewal of any permit under this section.  The commission may make and enforce rules and regulations covering the storage of alcoholic beverages under permits granted under this section.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 20a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 20a - Storage Permits for Public Warehousemen

Section 20A. The commission may annually grant to a person or corporation licensed as a public warehouseman under section one of chapter one hundred and five, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, a permit to store and warehouse alcoholic beverages, subject, however, to such regulations as shall be made by the commissioner of revenue relative to the receipt, storage and removal of alcoholic beverages stored under authority of such a permit, and said commissioner of revenue is hereby empowered to make, amend or annul such regulations and the commissioner of revenue shall enforce the same. The fee for such a permit shall be $500. Whoever without such a permit receives alcoholic beverages for the purpose of storing and warehousing the same in a public warehouse shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section two.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 22a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 22a - Permits to Holders or Former Holders of Licenses Authorizing Sales to Licensees; Fees; Excises; Permits for Researchers

Section 22A. Upon payment of a fee to be fixed by the commission in each case and subject to such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, it may grant any permit referred to in section two or may grant to any holder or former holder of a license issued by the local licensing authorities who ceases for any reason to conduct the licensed business, or to any suitable individual on his behalf, a permit which shall authorize the holder thereof to sell to any licensee under this chapter any alcoholic beverages the sale of which is or was authorized under his license or former license, or may grant to any person, resident of the commonwealth, lawfully possessing any such beverages a permit which shall authorize him to sell such alcoholic beverages to any licensee under this chapter, or may grant to any individual a permit which shall authorize him to import any alcoholic beverages specified therein which are acquired otherwise than by purchase and are not intended for sale. No fee shall be fixed by the commission and no excise shall be paid to the commonwealth in any case where a charitable hospital is granted a permit to import alcoholic beverages which are acquired otherwise than by purchase and are not intended for sale.  Upon payment of a fee to be fixed by the commission in each case and subject to such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, it may grant to any suitable individual a permit which shall authorize such individual to accept delivery from a licensee lawfully possessing an alcoholic beverage specified therein which is acquired otherwise than by purchase and not intended for sale. The holder of a permit issued under this paragraph shall use any such alcoholic beverage specified therein solely for research related to consumer consumption of an item having a brand name. Such permit may, in the discretion of the commission, authorize delivery of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises where the research is conducted or off the premises where the research is to be conducted.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 23a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 23a - Suspension of License or Permit for Violation of Fair Trade Laws

Section 23A. Whenever the commission makes a finding that a holder of a license or permit issued under this chapter has violated any of the provisions of sections fourteen E to fourteen K, inclusive, of chapter ninety-three, the commission, for the first violation shall suspend such license or permit for a period of six days and shall, for the second violation, suspend such license or permit for a period of fifteen days, and shall, for the third and subsequent violation, suspend such license or permit for a period of thirty days. The commission may determine whether such a violation has taken place upon evidence secured by its own inspectors, investigators or agents, or from evidence submitted to it by any person or trade organization, or both. In investigating any violation by a licensee, the commission shall endeavor to avoid duplicating similar investigations by local licensing authorities.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 23b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 23b - Retention of License Where Premises of Licensee Taken by Public Authority; Transfer Application; Reservation of License; Rebate of Fee; Renewal Application

Section 23B. Any holder of a license issued under this chapter to do business on certain premises which are subsequently taken by public authority and who is required to remove his business from such premises shall not thereby be deprived of his license. Such licensee may apply to the local licensing authorities for a transfer of the license to another location, and in the event that a suitable location is not available which is approved by the licensing authorities, said license shall be reserved for the licensee until such time as a suitable location is approved, but in no event shall such license be reserved for a period longer than four years from the date the premises are actually vacated by the owner, or the date said authority actually takes possession of the premises, whichever period is longer. Licensees in this classification shall be entitled to a rebate of the fee which has been prepaid for that period during which they are prevented from exercising said license, and the rebate shall be pro-rated in accordance with the local licensing fees, and such licensees who have not been able to obtain an approved location at the end of a license year shall have the right to renewal of said license upon the filing of a renewal application and upon the payment of one tenth of the local license fee. When such licensee shall have obtained an approved location, the license fee shall be paid for the balance of the year on a pro-rata basis.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 24 - Promulgation of Regulations by Commission; Approval

Section 24. The commission shall, in accordance with chapter thirty A and with the approval of the treasurer, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for clarifying, carrying out, enforcing and preventing violation of, all and any of its provisions for inspection of the premises and method of carrying on the business of any licensee, for insuring the purity, and penalizing the adulteration, or in any way changing the quality or content, of any alcoholic beverage, for the proper and orderly conduct of the licensed business, for establishing maximum prices chargeable by licensees under this chapter, and regulating all advertising of alcoholic beverages, except such advertising as appears in publications which are circulated to the liquor trade and not to the general public, or such advertising wherein licensees jointly or cooperatively advertise product prices; provided, however, that the number of licensees participating in any such advertisement shall not exceed seven, and shall, with like approval, make regulations governing the labelling of packages of alcoholic beverages as to their ingredients and the respective quantities thereof.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 25a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 25a - Discrimination in Prices and Discounts Prohibited

Section 25A. No licensee authorized under this chapter to sell alcoholic beverages to wholesalers or retailers shall—  (a) Discriminate, directly or indirectly, in price, in discounts for time of payment or in discounts on quantity of merchandise sold, between one wholesaler and another wholesaler, or between one retailer and another retailer purchasing alcoholic beverages bearing the same brand or trade name and of like age and quality;  [There is no clause (b).]  All price lists or price quotations made to a licensee by a wholesaler shall remain in effect for at least thirty days after the establishment of such price list or quotation. Any sale by a wholesaler of any alcoholic beverages at prices lower than the price reflected in such price list or quotation within such thirty day period shall constitute price discrimination under this section.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 25b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 25b - Filing of Schedules; Inspection

Section 25B. (a) No brand of alcoholic beverages shall be sold within the commonwealth to a wholesaler unless schedules, as provided by this section, are filed with the commission and are then in effect.  (b) Each of the schedules hereinafter referred to shall be in writing, duly verified, and filed in the number of copies and form as required by the commission, and shall contain, with respect to each item, the exact brand or trade name, capacity of package, nature of contents, age and proof where stated on the label, the bottle and case price to wholesalers, which prices shall be individual for each item and not in ''combination'' with any other item, and the number of bottles contained in each case.  (c) The schedule containing the bottle and case price to wholesalers shall be filed by (1) the owner of such brand, or (2) a wholesaler selling such brand and who is designated as agent for the purpose of filing such schedule if the owner of the brand is not licensed by the commission, or (3) with the approval of the commission, by a wholesaler, in the event that the owner of the brand is unable to file a schedule or designate an agent for such purpose.  (d) Each such schedule shall be filed on or before the tenth day of the month on a date to be fixed by the commission, and the prices and discounts therein set forth shall become effective on the first day of the calendar month following the filing thereof and shall be in effect for such calendar month and from month to month thereafter until such time as a new or amended schedule is filed and becomes effective hereunder. No brand of alcoholic beverages shall be sold to any wholesaler except at the price then in effect unless written permission of the commission is granted for good cause shown and for reasons not inconsistent with the purpose of this chapter.  All schedules filed pursuant to this section shall be subject to public inspection and shall not be considered confidential.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 25e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 25e - Refusal to Sell Brand Name Alcoholic Beverages to Wholesalers as Unfair Trade Practice; Exception for Good Cause; Discontinuance Notice and Procedure

Section 25E. It shall be an unfair trade practice and therefor unlawful for any manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, importer or wholesaler of any alcoholic beverages, to refuse to sell, except for good cause shown, any item having a brand name to any licensed wholesaler to whom such manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, importer or wholesaler has made regular sales of such brand item during a period of six months preceding any refusal to sell.  Any manufacturer, importer or wholesaler shall forward a notice in writing to the wholesaler, to whom it has sold any brand item, prior to discontinuing sales to such wholesaler of such brand item and shall forward a copy of said notice to the commission. The notice of discontinuance of sale shall be furnished by the manufacturer, importer or wholesaler to the wholesaler being discontinued at least one hundred and twenty days before the effective date of such discontinuance. The notice shall state the specific grounds for such discontinuance. Either party may appeal to the commission for a hearing on the notice of discontinuance and the commission shall make a determination after hearing on the issue of good cause for discontinuance. Upon application by the wholesaler to the commission, the commission shall order the manufacturer, importer or wholesaler giving notice of refusal to sell to continue to make sales in the regular course to such wholesaler pending determination by the commission on the merits of said appeal. The commission shall after notice to all parties and hearing, make a determination on the issue of good cause and grant such relief as may be appropriate under the circumstances. Good cause as used herein shall be limited to the following conduct:  (a) disparagement of the product so as to impair the reputation of the brand owner or the brand name of any product,  (b) unfair preferment in sales effort for brand items of a competitor,  (c) failure to exercise best efforts in promoting the sale of any brand item,  (d) engaging in improper or proscribed trade practices, or  (e) failure to comply with the terms of sale agreed upon between supplier and wholesaler.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 25e3/4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 25e3/4 - Severability of Section 25e.5

Section 25E3/4. Notwithstanding section 6 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, the provisions of section 25E.5 shall not be severable. If any provision of said section 25E.5 shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid said section 25E.5 shall be invalid.  If any other provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance, is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions shall be construed in accordance with the intent of the general court to further limit rather than to expand commerce in alcoholic beverages, to enhance strict regulatory control over taxation, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages through the regulatory system imposed by this chapter upon beer and malt beverages.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 26 - Issuance of License and Permit to Aliens; Appointment of Local Manager or Principal Representative by Foreign Corporations

Section 26. No license for the sale of alcoholic beverages or alcohol and no vehicle permit for the transportation thereof shall be issued to any person who is not, at the time of his application therefor, a citizen of the United States, or to any agent of any such person, or to any corporation a majority of whose directors are in fact aliens, and no person not such a citizen shall be appointed as manager or other principal representative of any licensee; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the granting of a license under section eighteen A to any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country or the granting of a vehicle permit to such a corporation so licensed.  No corporation, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or foreign country, shall be given a license to sell in any manner any alcoholic beverages unless such corporation shall have first appointed, in such manner as the licensing authorities by regulation prescribe, as manager or other principal representative, a citizen of the United States, and shall have vested in him by properly authorized and executed written delegation as full authority and control of the premises, described in the license of such corporation, and of the conduct of all business therein relative to alcoholic beverages as the licensee itself could in any way have and exercise if it were a natural person resident in the commonwealth, nor unless such manager or representative is, with respect to his character, satisfactory to the licensing authorities.  No provision of this chapter shall impair any right growing out of any treaty to which the United States is a party.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 27 - Crediting of Fees for Licenses and Permits to General Fund; Payment of Fees for Licenses and Permits Granted by Local Authorities Into Local Treasuries

Section 27. All fees for licenses and permits authorized to be granted by the commission under this chapter, and all moneys payable under section twenty-one, shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited to the General Fund. All fees for licenses and permits authorized to be granted by the local licensing authorities under this chapter shall be paid into the treasuries of their respective cities and towns.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 28 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverage to Churches, Religious Societies, Hospitals, Homes for Aged People and to Manufacturers of Food Products

Section 28. The holder of a license under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C or 19D may sell those alcoholic beverages which such licensees are authorized to sell to churches and religious societies, educational institutions licensed under section fourteen, incorporated hospitals and homes for aged people whose real or personal property is exempt from taxation under the laws of the commonwealth, and to manufacturers of food products, including ice cream, for use only in connection with the manufacture of such products, and to manufacturers of drugs and chemicals for use only in the manufacture or preparation of articles mentioned in section thirty-five of chapter one hundred and twelve, in such quantities and subject to such restrictions as the commission may by regulation prescribe. The holder of such a license may also sell and deliver such beverages to any person on any federal or state military or naval reservation authorized by the commanding officer thereof to purchase and receive the same.
MA Gen L ch 138 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors|Section 29 - Use and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages by Registered Pharmacists; Prescriptions; Prescription Books; Sales in Original Sealed Packages

Section 29. A registered pharmacist in a city or town who holds a certificate of fitness under the following section, having complied with all provisions of law relative to the practice of pharmacy, irrespective of the vote of the city or town under section eleven, may use alcohol for the manufacture of United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary preparations and all medicinal preparations unfit for beverage purposes, and may sell alcohol, and, upon the prescription of a registered physician, (1) wines, (2) malt beverages, and (3) other alcoholic beverages. Each of the three foregoing classes shall be sold only on separate prescriptions and in quantity not exceeding one gallon of wines, one gallon of malt beverages and one quart of other alcoholic beverages. Every such prescription shall be dated and signed by the physician and shall contain the name of the person prescribed for.  All such prescriptions shall be retained and kept on file in a separate book by the pharmacist selling the same and shall not be refilled. Such prescription book shall be open at all times to inspection of the board of registration in pharmacy, licensing authorities and their agents and police officers. Nothing in this chapter shall disqualify a registered pharmacist from being licensed under section fifteen, provided that he sells no cooked food to be consumed on the premises; but a license issued to a registered pharmacist under said section shall be included in computing the number of licenses that may be granted in any city or town as provided in section seventeen.  Sales of alcoholic beverages hereunder shall be made only in the original sealed packages, and such beverages shall not be permitted to be drunk on the premises.