§ 3-8-1 - Sales on Sundays and holidays – Sales to underage persons, intoxicated persons, and persons of intemperate habits.
SECTION 3-8-1
§ 3-8-1 Sales on Sundays and holidays– Sales to underage persons, intoxicated persons, and persons ofintemperate habits. – Licenses issued under this title shall not authorize the sale or service ofbeverages on Sunday, nor on Christmas day excepting licensed taverns, clubs,victualing houses, and retail Class F licensed places when served with food toguests, and except in places operated under a retail Class E license describedin this title, and excepting the sale of wine or winery products at retailpursuant to § 3-6-1.1(e)(4) by holders of farmer-winery licenses and theserving of complimentary samples pursuant to § 3-6-1.1(g) by holders offarmer-winery licenses, except in cars or on passenger-carrying marine vesselsoperated by holders of Class G licenses, and except as otherwise providedherein. The department may limit the sale of beverages on passenger-carryingmarine vessels to the hours from twelve o'clock (12:00) p.m. to six o'clock(6:00) p.m. on those days; nor shall they authorize the sale or delivery to anyunderaged person as defined in this title for purposes of sale, possession andconsumption of alcoholic beverages, either for his or her own use or for theuse of his or her parents, or of any other person; or the sale of beverages toany intoxicated persons or to any person of notoriously intemperate habits.Places operating under a retail Class C license are authorized to be open forthe sale of alcoholic beverages upon Columbus day, Armistice day, Victory day,provided however, that a local board of license may authorize places operatingunder a Class C license to be open on New Year's day. A Class C licensee mayserve beverages on Sunday with the written approval of the local board oflicense, subject to the notice provisions of § 3-5-17. Places operatingunder a retail Class A license are not authorized to be open for the sale ofalcoholic beverages upon Thanksgiving day and New Year's day. Provided,however, that holders of Class A licenses may open from no earlier than twelvenoon (12:00) p.m. to no later than six o'clock (6:00) p.m. on Sundays.