79-b. Authorization to sell wine products by certain licensees for consumption on the premises. 1. Any person licensed to sell beer at retail for consumption on the premises, pursuant to section fifty-five of this chapter, shall, by virtue of such license and upon payment to the liquor authority of an additional fee in the sum of one hundred ninety-two dollars in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or over and ninety-six dollars elsewhere, be granted authorization to sell from the licensed premises wine products in sealed containers at retail for consumption on or off such premises. Upon receipt of such additional fee, the liquor authority shall promptly issue a permit authorizing such sales by the licensee.
1-a. Any person licensed to sell beer at retail for consumption on the premises, pursuant to section fifty-five-a of this chapter, shall, by virtue of such license and upon payment to the liquor authority of an additional fee in the sum of one hundred ninety-two dollars in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or over and ninety-six dollars elsewhere, be granted authorization to sell from the licensed premises wine products in sealed containers at retail for consumption on such premises. Upon receipt of such additional fee, the liquor authority shall promptly issue a permit authorizing such sales by the licensee.
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any person receiving a permit pursuant to this section shall be subject to such provisions of this chapter as are applicable to persons licensed pursuant to section fifty-five of this chapter, and not to those provisions which are applicable only to persons licensed pursuant to sections sixty-four and eighty of this chapter.
Last modified: February 3, 2019