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July 1, 2010
As part of the budget for the new fiscal year, the Restaurant Rejuvenation Act was signed into law yesterday allowing restaurants to serve alcohol starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
"It is a proud day for restaurants, waiters, waitresses and consumers in Massachusetts,” said Dave Andelman, the originator of the new law. “I would like to thank all those who played a role in passing this legislation before the July 4th holiday weekend, including House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and the members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The new law will increase employment, income taxes, sales taxes, and meals taxes, without costing the government a single dollar. It will help the restaurant industry, which employees roughly 10% of the work force, fight the recession. We expect this to generate tens of millions of dollars per year for the state."
Prior to this measure, restaurants were prohibited from serving alcohol until noon on Sunday.
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