H1768B2155A02759 MAB:EJH 10/25/23 #90 A02759
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1768
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BENHAM
Printer's No. 2155
Amend Bill, page 1, line 18, by inserting after "reports"
; and making an interfund transfer
Amend Bill, page 2, line 18, by striking out "prepare a
report" and inserting
provide information, statistics and data
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 20 and 21, by striking out "report
shall be prepared annually " and inserting
information shall be part of the board's annual financial
report
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 22 through 30; page 3, lines 1
through 3; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
(1) Current levels and trends of underage alcohol drinking
and high-risk college alcohol drinking in this Commonwealth.
(2) Current programs conducted by State agencies to prevent
underage alcohol drinking and high-risk college alcohol
drinking.
(3) Current science that better defines and suggest proven
prevention strategies for underage alcohol drinking and high-
risk college alcohol drinking.
(4) Grants the Bureau of Alcohol Education has awarded to
address alcohol education and public safety.
(b) (1) On February 1 of each calendar year, the State
Treasurer shall transfer two million five hundred thousand
dollars ($2,500,000) from the State Stores Fund into a
restricted account established in the State Treasury. Money in
the restricted account shall be appropriated to the board on a
continuing basis for the purposes of awarding grants under
paragraph (2).
(2) The following shall apply:
(i) The board shall use the money appropriated under
subsection (b) to establish a program in the Bureau of Alcohol
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Education to provide grants to saturated municipalities to
address health, welfare and safety issues associated with the
sale and distribution of alcohol. Grants may be used to pay for
staffing costs for a municipal police department or regional
police force in areas surrounding licensed establishments,
security cameras, extra street lighting, technology enhancements
for public safety, community violence prevention and municipal
public safety. A grant may not exceed one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) for a saturated municipality.
(ii) To qualify for a grant under subparagraph (i), a
saturated municipality must demonstrate need and must have a
municipal police department or regional police force or contract
with a municipal police department.
(iii) The board may use an amount equal to two percent (2%)
of the amount awarded in grants under the program for expenses
associated with administering the program.
(iv) Within eighteen (18) months of receiving a grant under
this subsection, a saturated municipality shall provide a report
to the board on the impact of the grant.
(v) The board shall post a list of municipalities that are
saturated municipalities under this subsection on the publicly
accessible Internet website of the board. The board shall update
the list annually.
(vi) As used in this subsection, the term "saturated
municipality" shall mean a municipality in which the total
number of existing restaurant liquor licenses and eating place
retail dispenser licenses subject to the quota restrictions
specified under section 461 are equal to or exceed one license
per one thousand (1,000) inhabitants or exceed ten (10).
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