Legal Age for Drinking/Serving Alcohol The legal age for drinking is 21, as it is in all states. However, at 18 years of age an individual may work as a bartender or in a restaurant serving alcohol, and may handle, transport, and sell beer, wine, and spirits in a retail store.Open Container Laws Open containers of alcohol are not allowed in vehicles, so previously opened bottles of alcohol must be carried in the trunk of a car.BAC Limits DUI (driving under the influence) charges will be brought against a driver testing with over .08 percent BAC (blood-alcohol content) level. At this level a driver is considered ‘per se intoxicated,’ and no further evidence is required in court to charge a driver with DUI.A driver under the age of 21 with a .02 percent BAC or higher is subject to DUI charges. A driver with a BAC that is .20 percent above the maximum legal level of .08 percent is subject to more severe punishment.Penalties Drivers who refuse to cooperate with a request to take a breathalyzer test are automatically subject to license suspension by the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) for one year for the first offense, two years for the second conviction, and eight years for the third.‘Implied consent laws,’ which require a driver suspected of driving under the influence to comply with breath, blood, or urine testing for intoxication, carry refusal penalties of driver’s license suspension of up to one year.
DUI is considered a felony after the third conviction.
As reported here a few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Legislature has now officially passed a new liquor law allowing restaurants to serve alcohol on Sundays starting at 10:00 a.m. instead of at noon. However, most restaurants cannot legally serve drinks before noon this Sunday. Local licensing boards will have to authorize restaurants before they can begin serving alcohol at 10 a.m, and it is unlikely that restaurants will be able to take advantage of the change this weekend. Restaurants must seek an amendment to their current license in order to begin serving alcohol at 10 a.m. Once fully up and running, this change should be a boon to restaurants serving brunch, for customers wanting to enjoy a mimosa or bloody mary with Sunday brunch. As the Globe reports, two more hours of drink sales during brunch will likely bring in thousands of extra dollars per week for some restaurants and millions annually to the state through the 6 and 1/4 % meals tax. Starting Sunday, Massachusetts' so-called "blue laws" will now allow liquor stores in the state to open at 10 a.m. — instead of noon — on Sundays to sell alcohol without needing to get any special permission from local authorities. The new law creating the expanded hours for alcohol sales won approval in the waning days of this year's legislative session. This puts the state in line with the hours allowed on Sundays in Rhode Island and Connecticut. In New Hampshire and Vermont, doors open as early as 6 a.m. on Sundays. WBUR's Sharon Brody spoke with Peter Drummey, a librarian for the Massachusetts Historical Society, about the change to the state's centuries-old law. Hear the full interview on the audio player above. Interview Highlights: On How Massachusetts 'Blue Laws' Originated And How They've Evolved: Peter Drummey: "'Blue laws' date back to the 17th century — to the founding of New England. And they were social controls. The idea was people then were trying to protect the community, rather than the individual. So they would be concerned — in terms of drinking — about public drinking, but not about drinking itself. One of the original 'blue laws,' in fact, was a price control, so you couldn't be charged too much for a drink when you went to a tavern. So the laws today have sort of turned that around. So the idea today is, the Sunday closing laws, are that there won't be unwholesome activity on Sunday. That Sunday will be a common day of rest set aside for wholesome recreation. These are the ideas behind 'blue laws' today. On How The Courts Have Looked At 'Blue Laws': PD: "In 1961, the Supreme Court decides that even those these 'blue laws' have their origin in protection of religious practices back in the 17th and 18th century, in fact, this idea of a common day of rest is legal and can be protected, and we can have 'blue laws' that prevent the sale or activities on Sunday — the sale of anything — but sale of liquor on Sundays [in this case]." On Whether He Plans To Run To The Liquor Store Early Sunday: PD: With my feet firmly in the 17th century, I'm going out and looking for that price-controlled penny for a quart of beer or ale. I think that we sort of our honoring our forefathers by doing so."
This article was originally published on October 26, 2014. This segment aired on October 26, 2014.  Sharon Brody News Anchor More…
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