PRINTER'S NO. 323
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
317
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY REGAN, TOPPER, PICKETT, HICKERNELL, MASSER,
D. COSTA, MILLARD, MENTZER, COHEN AND SAYLOR,
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 3, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," in
licenses and regulations and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for responsible alcohol
management.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 471.1 of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding subsections
to read:
Section 471.1. Responsible Alcohol Management.--* * *
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(a.1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
board's Bureau of Alcohol Education expand training
opportunities for alcohol service personnel by certifying all
private third-party providers of alcohol education who, at a
minimum, teach the information contained in the Bureau of
Alcohol Education's standard curriculum. Private industry in
this Commonwealth engaged in the business of training alcohol
service personnel will become more competitive by creating the
opportunity for enhanced training beyond the scope of the Bureau
of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum while not
compromising the standards set forth by the board. It is further
the intent of the General Assembly that the board allow private
third-party providers of alcohol education flexibility in the
manner by which they present training materials to alcohol
service personnel. The private industry offers a variety of
successful training programs, and certifying these entities will
not diminish the training received, but will enhance it. It is
further the intent of the General Assembly to require the Bureau
of Alcohol Education to notify within thirty days those private
third-party providers of alcohol education whose curriculum is
deemed deficient and provide a written explanation detailing
what content is deemed to be deficient. By establishing a
certification process, private industry will have a more
predictable and transparent relationship with the board and a
better understanding of the Bureau of Alcohol Education's
certification process. Private third-party providers of training
to alcohol service personnel will be better able to:
(1) Provide the opportunity to more easily receive
additional industry-related certifications, making the service
personnel more marketable to employers and better trained in
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their field.
(2) Operate more efficiently with the board.
(3) Increase the amount of trainers in this Commonwealth,
which will allow business to more easily expand.
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(h) The board shall certify private third-party providers of
training under subsection (b) that cover, at a minimum, the
content contained in the board's Bureau of Alcohol Education's
standard curriculum. The board shall not reject the curriculum
of a private third-party provider solely because the curriculum
teaches more than the Bureau of Alcohol Education's standard
curriculum. In the event that the third-party provider's
curriculum is not equivalent to the standard curriculum, the
provider shall be advised in writing by the board as to where
the curriculum is deficient. The board shall complete its review
of the curriculum within thirty days of its submission. The
board shall permit private third-party providers of alcohol
training to modify the order in which the content of the Bureau
of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum is presented so long
as the material is taught.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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