Title 3, Title 3 Beverages

Only beverages which have been legally manufactured and on which all taxes and charges, federal and state, have been paid, shall be kept for sale or sold by a licensee. Holders of Class B, C, D, I and J licenses shall not have on the licensed premises distilled or vinous beverage…

Licenses to be issued under this chapter shall in no case authorize the sale for consumption on the premises where sold of distilled liquors, or of beverages composed wholly or partly of those liquors, unless these sales are authorized by this title.

The right, power, and jurisdiction to issue manufacturer’s, wholesaler’s, or retailer’s Class G and Class I licenses are solely in the department of business regulation; provided, that before the department issues any Class I license it shall first receive the approval of the lic…

The right, power, and jurisdiction to issue manufacturer’s and wholesaler’s licenses are solely in the department. The department has the right and power to limit the number of manufacturer’s and wholesaler’s licenses of each class.

The right, power, and jurisdiction to issue all other licenses authorized by this title within the maximum number to be fixed as provided in § 3-5-16 are in the town councils or license boards of the several towns, and in the mayors and city councils in the several cities. Howeve…

(a)(1) The department of business regulation shall have the right and power to limit the number of licenses of each class. The limit shall not exceed the maximum number, if any, of any class of license that is fixed by the licensing boards within their respective towns or cities.…

Whenever it comes to the attention of any local licensing authority as defined in § 3-5-15 that the holder of a Class A license has abandoned the premises from which the licensee has been conducting his or her business or has ceased to operate under the license for a period of ni…

Before granting a license to any person under the provisions of this chapter and title, the board, body or official to whom application for the license is made, shall give notice by advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks in some newspaper published in the …

(a) All retail licenses issued under chapter 7 of this title shall bear the signature, or electronic signature, of the clerk of the licensing board, body, or officials issuing them, and shall not be printed, stamped, typewritten, engraved, photographed, or cut from one instrument…

(a) The board, body or official which has issued any license under this title may permit the license to be used at any other place within the limits of the town or city where the license was granted, or, in their discretion, permit the license to be transferred to another person,…

(a) In every election in every town and city, held for the election of town or city officers, the official or officials charged with the duty of preparing the official ballot labels, shall cause to be printed on these ballot labels the following questions: “Shall licenses for the…

All licenses issued shall be in any form prescribed by the department of business regulation and the license shall be held under any rules and regulations as the department shall impose, establish, and authorize and the department is authorized to establish rules and regulations …

All manufacturer’s and wholesaler’s licenses to be issued under this chapter shall be in any form prescribed by the department. The licensee shall be held liable under any rules and regulations that the department shall impose, establish and authorize and the department is author…

(a) Every license is subject to revocation or suspension and a licensee is subject to fine by the board, body, or official issuing the license, or by the department or by the division of taxation, on its own motion, for: (1) Breach by the holder of the license of the conditions o…

In case any license issued is revoked, the board, body or official revoking the license shall, as part of the order of revocation, provide that no license be granted to the same person for the period of one year after the revocation, and in case the order is made, no license shal…

(a) If any licensed person is convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title, or of chapters 6, 10, 34, or 45 of title 11, or §§ 11-2-1, 11-9-13, 11-9-15, 11-11-5, 11-18-2 — 11-18-4, 11-20-1, 11-20-2, 11-23-4, 11-30-1 — 11-30-11, 11-31-1 or 11-37-2 — 11-37-4, or plead…

If any person holding a license under this title becomes bail for any person complained of for violating any of the provisions of this title, his or her license becomes void as of the day of becoming bail.

If the department determines that any licensee under this title has discriminated against any employee because that employee is or has become a member of any trade union, the licensee shall forfeit his or her license.

(a) The board, body or official issuing licenses under this title shall keep records of its proceedings and those records are declared to be public records to which the public has the right of access at any reasonable time and under any rules as shall be established by the board,…

(a) Boards, bodies or officials in towns or cities issuing licenses under this title shall annually on or before the first day of December, and at any other times required by the department, make a report to the department, which states the number of licenses granted by them lawf…

The department is authorized to issue any orders and prescribe any forms to local licensing boards or authorities that will provide uniform procedures and forms in the processing, handling and reporting of license applications and disciplinary actions against licensees by local l…

The holder of a license issued pursuant to this title shall not assign, rent, lease or let the license but may transfer his or her interest only as provided in § 3-5-19.

The results of the vote upon questions submitted in the towns and cities shall be counted and tabulated in the manner provided for in chapter 19 of title 17.

If a majority of ballots cast on which the electors have indicated their choice upon the first of the questions in § 3-5-2 is against the granting of licenses, no license for the sale of beverages mentioned in the question shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter and …

It is lawful in every town and city in this state, except in the town of Barrington, to issue licenses for the manufacture, keeping for sale, and sale of beverages in these cities and towns and if upon any referendum provided for in § 3-5-2 the majority of the ballots cast in the…

There are several classes of beverage licenses, each of which authorizes the doing of things stated in the chapter and sections concerning the class of license.

The sale of malt beverages in quantities of more than eight (8) gallons and the sale of vinous beverages and of beverages consisting in whole or in part of alcohol, which is the product of distillation in quantities of more than three (3) gallons, constitutes a sale by wholesale,…

Every license except retailer’s Class F licenses and retailer’s Class G licenses shall expire on December 1 after its issuance.

Not more than one retail license, except in the case of a retailer’s Class E license, shall be issued for the same premises. Every license shall particularly describe the place where the rights under the license are to be exercised and beverages shall not be manufactured or kept …