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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Massachusetts
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Advisory implementing the Phase II order
- Issued
- 2020-06-07 June 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-08
- End
- Indoor service permitted from June 22, 2020 (Phase II Step 2) (read as 2020-06-22)
- In force
- June 8, 2020 to June 22, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- on-premises consumption licensees
- Functions reached
- DR (outdoor only)
- BA (bars without food closed)
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL
Operative words
licensees for on-premises consumption of alcohol may commence outdoor seated service, provided food is prepared on-site under a retail food permit issued by a municipal authority pursuant to 105 CMR 590.000. Indoor service remains prohibited until further order from the Governor. Please note that establishments that do not offer seated table service of food that is prepared on-site under a retail food permit are not allowed to open in Phase II.
Enforcement
Local licensing authorities; M.G.L. c. 138, § 64
Retrieval noteIssued June 7, 2020 (file name carries 2020-06-06). exhibits MA-0xx) to licensees. The legal force lies in the Governor's Order, enforced against licensees through M.G.L. c. 138, s. 64; the advisory is not itself an order, rule or condition of license. Cite the Governor's Order as the instrument and the advisory as evidence of its application to licensees).