§ 30-91a — Effect of prior local votes re Sunday sale.

(a) In all cases where a town, either by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, had, prior to April 30, 1971, authorized the sale of alcoholic liquor on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and nine o'clock in the evening, such sale shall be authorized until the time specified in section 30-91 unless an earlier closing hour is established by town meeting or ordinance after April 30, 1971. (b) Nothing in section 30-91 shall be construed to supersede any action taken by a town prior to May 25, 1971, to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor in such town from midnight on Saturday until one a.m. on Sunday and such action shall be construed to prohibit such sale from midnight on Saturday until two a.m. on Sunday in such town. (c) In all towns that have authorized the sale of alcoholic liquor on Sunday commencing at twelve o'clock noon, either by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, such sale shall be permitted commencing at eleven o'clock a.m. in places operating under permits listed in subsection (a) of section 30-91 , unless a later opening hour is established by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance after July 1, 1981.

Legislative History

(1971, P.A. 89, S. 2; 309, S. 2; P.A. 75-299, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 156, 186; P.A. 81-169, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-38, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-139, S. 69; P.A. 21-37, S. 77.) History: P.A. 75-299 added Subsec. (c) re Sunday liquor sales; P.A. 80-483 substituted “the time specified in section 30-91” for references to eleven o'clock p.m. closing times for sales in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 81-169 added Subsec. (d) to permit sale of alcoholic liquor to commence at eleven in the morning instead of noon on Sunday in hotels, restaurants, clubs and golf country clubs unless town action restores the later commencing time; P.A. 82-38 specified that eleven o'clock commencement of sales on Sunday applies to places operating under cafe permits in Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added a provision allowing additional types of permit premises to commence sales at eleven o'clock a.m. on a Sunday, where previously such sales were allowed only under hotel, restaurant, cafe, club or golf country club permits; P.A. 21-37 deleted former Subsec. (c) re operating under a tavern permit and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2021.