PRINTER'S NO. 343
No. 314 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HABAY, PETTIT, TRELLO, READSHAW, LAUGHLIN, YOUNGBLOOD, HENNESSEY, STEELMAN AND MELIO, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17 further providing for penalties for certain violations
18 relating to malt or brewed beverages.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 494 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
22 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
23 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
24 Section 494. Penalties.--* * *
25 (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any person who shall
1 violate section 493(2) or (26) shall be sentenced to pay a 2 mandatory minimum fine of three hundred fifty dollars ($350). 3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A15L47JS/19970H0314B0343 - 2 -