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Alcoholic Beverages

CHAPTER 3-7

Retail Licenses

SECTION 3-7-8



   § 3-7-8  Class C license. –

(a) A retailer's Class C license authorizes the holder of the license 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 where sold. No

beverages shall be sold or served after twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight nor

before six o'clock (6:00) a.m., except as provided in subsection (e) herein.

Local license boards in the several cities and towns may fix an earlier closing

time within their discretion. The license authorizes the holder to keep for

sale and sell beverages, including beer in cans, at retail at the place

described in the license and to deliver those beverages for consumption on the

premises.



   (b) The license authorizes the holder to sell pre-packaged

foods prepared off the premises with beverages but prohibits the preparation

and serving of foods cooked on the premises. The holder of the license may

serve with beverages and without charge popcorn, crackers, bread, pretzels,

sausage of any type, pickles, sardines, smoked herring, lupino beans, and

potato chips. No food shall be cooked on the premises but pre-packaged foods

prepared and cooked off the premises and purchased by the holder from a

supplier may be warmed and sold on the premises in their original packaging,

and all foods shall be covered in accordance with the regulations of the state

department of health. The annual fee for the license is four hundred dollars

($400) to eight hundred dollars ($800), prorated to the year ending December 1

in every calendar year.



   (c) The town councils of the towns of Coventry, Scituate and

South Kingstown are authorized to prohibit by ordinance the issuance of Class C

licenses. Upon prohibiting Class C licenses, the license board of the towns of

Coventry, Scituate and South Kingstown shall issue Class B licenses to the

holder of all Class C licenses in those towns. The Class B licenses may be

issued to the holders of Class C licenses notwithstanding any requirements of

§ 3-7-7. The holders of Class C licenses shall have the full privileges of

a Class B license and shall pay the annual fee provided for Class B licenses.



   (d) Notwithstanding any prohibitions on the preparation and

serving of foods cooked on the premises contained in paragraph (b) herein, the

holders of Class C licenses in the city of Newport are authorized to prepare

and serve foods cooked on the premises. The holders of Class C licenses in the

city of Newport shall be deemed to be victualling houses for purposes of §

3-8-1.



   (e) Any holder of a Class C license may, upon the approval of

the local licensing board and for the additional payment of two hundred dollars

($200), sell or serve beverages on Fridays and Saturdays and the night before

legal state holidays until one o'clock (1:00) a.m. All requests for a one

o'clock (1:00) a.m. license shall be advertised, at the applicant's expense, by

the local licensing board in a newspaper with a general statewide circulation

or having a general circulation in the city or town where the establishment

applying for the license is located.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch.

2270, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2315, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3;

impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; P.L. 1955, ch. 3454, § 1; G.L.

1956, § 3-7-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 197, § 1;

P.L. 1977, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 338, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 140,

§ 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 144, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 257, § 1; P.L.

1999, ch. 400, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 404, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 429,

§ 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 7, § 11; P.L. 2006, ch. 15, § 1;

P.L. 2013, ch. 470, § 1.)