Section 79-A. Authorization to sell wine products by certain licensees for consumption off the premises

1. Any person licensed  to  sell  beer  at
  retail  for consumption off the premises, pursuant to section fifty-four
  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
  sixty-five dollars in cities having a population of one hundred thousand
  or over and eighty-three dollars elsewhere, be granted authorization  to
  sell  from  the licensed premises wine products in sealed containers for
  consumption off 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-four  of  this  chapter,  and  not  to  those
  provisions  which  are  applicable  only to persons licensed pursuant to
  sections sixty-three and seventy-nine of this chapter.