A Request for Public Comment: Regulations pertaining to alcoholic beverages at gaming establishments
- February 13, 2018
- by MGC Communications
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Notice is hereby provided that in accordance with G.L. c. 30A, §2, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (“Commission”) will convene a public hearing for purposes of gathering comments, ideas, and information relative to proposed new sections to 205 CMR. These proposals were developed pursuant to G.L. c. 23K, §5, as part of the Commission’s regulation promulgation process and include the following amendments:
205 CMR 136.03, 136.04, 136.07 DRAFT AMENDMENTS: Sale and Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages at Gaming Establishments, and 138.12: Alcoholic Beverage Control. These amendments outline the protocol for licensees to file an application to serve alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00am and 4:00am. They also implement the statutory requirement that patrons being served alcohol between these hours are in the gaming area and actively engaged in gambling.
Scheduled hearing date and time: March 29th at 10:00am.
Hearing location: Massachusetts Gaming Commission, 101 Federal Street, 12th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
Anyone wishing to offer comment on any of the draft regulations may appear at the public hearing at the designated date and time or submit written comments. Those who wish to submit written comments on the draft regulation may do so by sending an email to mgccomments@state.ma.us with “Draft Regulations Comment” in the subject line. Please be certain to identify in your comments the section number of the regulation on which you are commenting. Comments must be received by 4:00pm on Friday, March 23rd, 2018.