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RI Gen L § 3-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-15 - Class G license.

§ 3-7-15. Class G license.(a) A Class G retailer's license shall be issued only to any dining car company, sleeping car company, parlor car company, and railroad company operating in this state, or any company operating passenger-carrying marine vessels in this state, or any airline operating in this state, and authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell in its dining cars, sleeping cars, buffet cars, club cars, lounge cars and any other cars used for the transportation or accommodation of passengers, and in or on any passenger-carrying marine vessel, and in any airplane, beverages for consumption therein or thereon, but only when actually en route.(b) In addition, the holder of the Class G license for a passenger-carrying marine vessel may serve alcoholic beverages at retail aboard the vessel during the period thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled departure and until departure, provided that the local licensing board annually consents.(c) Each company or airline to which the license is issued shall pay to the department an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the license, paid into the state treasury.(d) The license expires one year from its date and is good throughout the state as a state license, and only one license is required for all cars or airplanes, but a license issued to any company or person operating passenger-carrying marine vessels in this state shall authorize the sale of beverages only in the passenger-carrying marine vessel designated and no further license shall be required or tax levied by any city or town for the privilege of selling beverages for consumption in those cars or on those vessels or in those airplanes. Each licensed dining car company, sleeping car company, and railroad car company shall keep a duplicate of the license posted in each car where beverages are sold. The department shall issue duplicates of the license from time to time upon the request of any licensed company.(e) In addition, the holder of the Class G license for a railroad company may serve alcoholic beverages at retail aboard its trains or in its controlled station premises, to ticket holding passengers, during the period sixty (60) minutes prior to the train's scheduled departure and until that departure, provided that the local licensing board annually consents.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch. 2270, § 1; P.L. 1937, ch 2525, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-7-15; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 535, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 4; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 4; P.L. 2018, ch. 339, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 341, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-15.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-15.1 - Class GD license.

§ 3-7-15.1. Class GD license.(a) A retailer's Class GD license, upon application, shall be issued only to an operator of a vessel engaged in regular interstate commerce, providing overnight accommodations for passengers.(b) The holder of a Class GD license is permitted to keep for sale and to serve alcoholic beverages to passengers traveling on board the vessel while the vessel is docked at any port in this state.(c) The Class GD license is good throughout this state as a state license and no further license is required or tax imposed by any city or town upon this privilege.(d) All licenses issued shall include the name of the vessel licensed and shall be posted on board the vessel.(e) The fee for the Class GD license is the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) and the term is for one year.(f) The Class GD license shall not authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages on board the vessel for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours in any one port in this state and not more than one seventy-two (72) hour period within any calendar week in any one port in this state.(g) A Class G and GD liquor license may be issued for the same vessel, notwithstanding the provisions of § 3-5-9.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 540, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 187, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16 - Class J convention hall license.

§ 3-7-16. Class J convention hall license.(a) A retailer's Class J license authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell beverages at retail in the place described in the license and to deliver the beverages for consumption on the premises where sold at the times when conventions as defined in subsection (b) may be held on those premises. The licensed premises may be open for business on convention days between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) a.m. and one o'clock (1:00) a.m. The licensed premises may contain a bar. No Class J license shall be issued or held unless the licensee has adequate facilities to accommodate five hundred (500) or more persons, at tables, at one time. Part of the licensed premises may be set apart as a kitchen and food may be served if the licensee is the holder of a victualing license from the town or city in which the licensed premises are situated. The Class J license authorizes entertainment only in conformity with ordinances of the city or town where the facility is located on the licensed premises. Class J licenses shall only be issued by the local licensing authority. The annual fee for a Class J license is the same as a Class B license in that city or town and is payable to the town or city where the licensed premises are located.(b) The word "convention" is defined to include conventions, banquets, political rallies, trade shows, exhibitions, charity balls and other similar gatherings in conformity with ordinances of the city or town where the facility is located, which are held primarily for persons over eighteen (18) years of age.(c) A Class F and F1 liquor license may be issued on a Class J premises, notwithstanding the provisions of § 3-5-9.History of Section.G.L., ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1940, ch. 814, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 241, § 2; P.L. 1983, ch. 323, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 23, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.1 - Class L ancient underground comfort station license.

§ 3-7-16.1. Class L ancient underground comfort station license.Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, the local licensing board has the power to grant and may grant on request an ancient underground comfort station license. The license may be granted to the owner, lessee or other person, firm or corporation in possession of an ancient underground comfort station which has been in existence since 1913. The underground comfort station must not have been in continuous operation as a comfort station since 1913. The Class L license grants the following privileges:(1) The right to keep for sale and to sell beverages at retail at the place described in the license and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the premises.(2) The annual fee for the license is the same as a Class B license in that city or town and is payable to the town or city where the licensed premises are located.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 352, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.2 - Class K ancient tavern license.

§ 3-7-16.2. Class K ancient tavern license.(a) The local licensing board has the power to grant and may grant on request by the legal owners of any building which has had a public and continuous use and license as a tavern for ten (10) years or more prior to 1730 A.D. (and which building is located on the same spot where the license was then effective) an ancient tavern license, effective only for the premises described above, and the license grants the following privileges:(1) The right to sell for consumption on the premises alcoholic beverages of all kinds as adjuncts to meals to patrons sitting at tables.(2) The right to open at any time after eight in the morning (8:00 a.m.) and to remain open until the closing hours established by the local board of license commissioners for other licensed places or to close at any time earlier than that set time for closing, if the owners shall elect.(b) The holding of the ancient tavern license is subject, as to matters of order and police, to the same rules as prevail for other licensed places in that locality and as to matters of health and sanitation, is subject to the same rules and requirements as prevail for other licensed places in that locality.(c) The owners of any building described in subsection (a) receiving an ancient tavern license shall pay each year to the municipality in which it is located six hundred dollars ($600) for the license.History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 3-7-16.2; P.L. 1969, ch. 85, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.3 - Class T legitimate theater license.

§ 3-7-16.3. Class T legitimate theater license.(a) Legitimate theaters as defined in subsection (b) or subsection (c) may apply for a Class T license. The license authorizes the holder of the license to keep for sale and to sell beverages at retail in the place described in the license and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the premises where sold at the times when scheduled events relating to art, the legitimate theater or community artistic experiences may be held on those premises and for a period of one hour prior to those events and one hour subsequent thereto, provided those events begin subsequent to twelve o'clock (12:00) noon. The licensed premises may contain a bar. A Class T license authorizes entertainment only in conformity with ordinances of the city or town where the facility is located on the licensed premises. Class T licenses shall only be issued by the local licensing authority.(b) "Legitimate theaters," for the purposes of this section, includes nonprofit, cultural organizations and for-profit historic theaters located in the city of Newport or the town of Burrillville with a primary purpose of providing a support system to deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the benefit of the communities the theaters serve or that provide live, regularly scheduled theatrical productions on a regular basis throughout the year and all events contributing toward the goal of providing quality artistic experiences for the community.(c) For purposes of this section, "legitimate theaters" shall also include facility management corporations that are contractually authorized to manage buildings owned or under the authority of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority with a primary purpose of providing a support system to deliver and coordinate various arts activities for the benefit of the communities the corporations serve or that provide live, regularly scheduled theatrical productions on a regular basis throughout the year and all events contributing toward the goal of providing quality artistic experiences for the community.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 357, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 426, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 226, § 1; P.L. 2020, ch. 43, § 1; P.L. 2020, ch. 54, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 395, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.4 - Class ED license.

§ 3-7-16.4. Class ED license.(a) The holder of a retail Class ED license must be situated within a defined economic development zone within the city of Providence. The city may designate by ordinance an ED zone for the purpose of encouraging commercial and industrial investment. These zones or zone must consist of one or more contiguous census tract or tracts, or any portion thereof, and must represent substantial commercial or industrial activities within the tract or tracts. At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the developable land area must be zoned for commercial or industrial purposes within the designated zone. Plans for the revitalization of the area shall be adopted by the city council. Prior to any public body acting to create an ED zone, a public hearing must be held.(b) Class ED licenses are nontransferable and are site specific. The application for ED licenses shall consider the type of facility, location within the designated zone, and economic impact of the commercial activities. The local licensing authority may specifically restrict the level of retail alcoholic beverages sold as well as the hours of sale. The issuing authority shall not grant a Class ED license which would provide longer operating hours for the licensee than that which is provided through any other license the authority is empowered to grant.(c) The number of Class ED licenses the local licensing authority may grant shall be equal to an additional twenty percent (20%) of its total licensing authority for Class B and Class C licenses.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 548, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 457, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.5 - Class M License.

§ 3-7-16.5. Class M License.Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, the local licensing board of the Town of North Providence has the power to grant and may grant on request, a license for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at such location on Mineral Spring Avenue between Woodward Road and Terry Street which has been formally and most recently utilized as a restaurant. The license may be granted to the owner, lessee or to other person, firm, or corporation in possession of the aforesaid property. The class M license grants the following privileges:(1) The right to keep for sale and to sell beverages at retail at the place described in the license and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the premises.(2) The annual fee for the license is the same as a class B license in the town and is payable to the town where the licensed premises are located.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 407, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.7 - Class AS license.

§ 3-7-16.7. Class AS license.A retailer's Class AS license may be issued within the state by the local licensing authority and authorizes the licensee to sell at retail, wines purchased from a Rhode Island licensed wholesaler, to be used for sacramental purposes only, to any duly ordained priest, minister or rabbi or to any church or religious society. The label on the bottle shall designate "for sacramental or altar purposes only." The holder of a Class A license is also authorized to sell at retail, sacramental wines to be used for sacramental purposes. The annual fee for the Class AS license is fifty dollars ($50) prorated to the year ending December 1st of every calendar year. The holder of a Class AS license shall be authorized to sell no more than two hundred fifty (250) cases of sacramental wine per calendar year. The license is limited to the same days and hours of a Class A license within the city or town where the license is issued. The sale of wine for sacramental purposes is exempt pursuant to subdivision 3-10-1(b).History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.9 - Class WB license.

§ 3-7-16.9. Class WB license.(a) A retailer's Class WB license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase from a licensed wholesaler a minimum of five hundred (500) gallons of wine, up to a maximum of two thousand (2,000) gallons of wine per year, for use in the wholesale manufacture of wine biscuits.(b) This license is subject to all the provisions of this title and the wine purchased pursuant to this license may only be used for the wholesale manufacture of wine biscuits.(c) Provided, that as a further condition of holding a license under this section, the holder of said license shall annually, no later than thirty (30) days after the expiration of the twelve-month (12) period after the date the license was acquired, provide the department of business regulation, on a form prescribed by the department, the actual amount of wine purchased during the reporting period. In addition to any other information the department may require, the form shall be signed and dated by the individual or representative of the entity whose name appears on the license, along with the name and address of the wholesaler(s) where the wine was purchased. The department shall promulgate any additional rules or regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 57, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-16.10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-16.10 - Class SE license.

§ 3-7-16.10. Class SE license.A city or town may issue a Special Events (SE) license that shall allow any retail business not otherwise licensed in this chapter or affiliated with any entity licensed in this chapter or nonprofit organization to offer alcoholic beverages for sale at retail at, or as part of the consideration for admission to, an event to be held at its premises. Such events shall not be held more often than one day in each calendar month. The alcoholic beverages for these events shall be purchased from a Class A licensee in the same city or town, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-17 - Discretionary fees.

§ 3-7-17. Discretionary fees.Where it is provided that a license fee shall be from a minimum to a maximum sum, the amount within those limits shall be fixed in the discretion of the issuing body, but in any city or town the fee for retailers' licenses shall be uniform in every class.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch. 2270, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 3-7-17.
RI Gen L § 3-7-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-18 - Licensed retailers to purchase from licensed wholesalers only.

§ 3-7-18. Licensed retailers to purchase from licensed wholesalers only.All holders of retail licenses except retail Class G licenses shall purchase beverages for sale under their licenses only from the holder or holders of wholesale licenses under this title.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1935, ch. 2270, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1976, ch. 245, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-20 - Repealed.

§ 3-7-20. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 22; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 9; P.L. 1942, ch. 1212, art. 12, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 1976, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 3-7-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-21 - Appeals from the local boards to director.

§ 3-7-21. Appeals from the local boards to director.(a) Upon the application of any petitioner for a license, or of any person authorized to protest against the granting of a license, including those persons granted standing pursuant to § 3-5-19, or upon the application of any licensee whose license has been revoked or suspended by any local board or authority, the director has the right to review the decision of any local board, and after hearing, to confirm or reverse the decision of the local board in whole or in part, and to make any decision or order he or she considers proper, but the application shall be made within ten (10) days after the making of the decision or order sought to be reviewed. Notice of the decision or order shall be given by the local or licensing board to the applicant within twenty-four (24) hours after the making of its decision or order and the decision or order shall not be suspended except by the order of the director.(b) Any appeal or appeals from a decision of any boards located in the towns of Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Portsmouth or Tiverton, or in the city of Newport shall be heard by the director or the director's designee within Newport County. The petitioner shall provide a stenographer and shall bear the cost to have a transcript made of the proceedings. A free copy of the transcript shall be provided by the petitioner to the director upon receipt of the transcript.(c) The director may accept into evidence a stenographic transcript of a witness's sworn testimony presented before the local board that was subject to cross examination. This testimony may be rebutted by competent testimony presented at the hearing held by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 14; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 164, § 9; P.L. 1948, ch. 2124, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-7-21; P.L. 1981, ch. 396, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 367, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 10.
RI Gen L § 3-7-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-7 - Retail Licenses|Section 3-7-22 - Manufacturer's or wholesaler's interest in retailer.

§ 3-7-22. Manufacturer's or wholesaler's interest in retailer.(a) Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any holder of a manufacturer's or wholesaler's license to have any direct or indirect interest in any retailer's license or in the business carried on under a retailer's license. If by operation of law the holder of a manufacturer's or wholesaler's license acquires an interest in a retailer's license, or in the business carried on under a retailer's license, he or she shall within thirty (30) days after acquiring that interest report the interest to the department and shall dispose of that interest in accordance with the directions of the department. Any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit his or her manufacturer's license and his or her interest in the retailer's license.(b) The holder of a license issued pursuant to § 3-6-1.1, et seq., located at 162 West Main Road, Little Compton, Rhode Island may have a direct or indirect interest in a Class B license, provided, that the holder shall remain obligated to comply with § 3-7-18 and § 3-5-11.1.History of Section.P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 48; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 17; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-7-22; P.L. 2013, ch. 519, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 530, § 1.