PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 390 PRINTER'S NO. 1918
No. 346 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY REBER, HENNESSEY, TRELLO AND L. I. COHEN,
FEBRUARY 10, 1997
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 3, 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 revocation and suspension of licenses <--
18 and for sales by licensees.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 406(a) of the act of April 12, 1951
22 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
23 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a paragraph
24 to read:
25 Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
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2 (7) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, on the Sunday
3 on which the sporting event commonly referred to as the "Super
4 Bowl" is conducted, licensees who do not possess the special
5 annual permit provided for in paragraph (3), their servants,
6 agents or employes may sell liquor and malt or brewed beverages
7 on such Sunday after one o'clock postmeridian and until two
8 o'clock antemeridian of the following day.
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10 Section 2. Section 471(a) of the act is amended to read: <--
11 Section 471. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines.--
12 (a) Upon learning of any violation of this act or any laws of
13 this Commonwealth relating to liquor, alcohol or malt or brewed
14 beverages, or of any regulations of the board adopted pursuant
15 to such laws, or any violation of any laws of this Commonwealth
16 or of the Federal Government relating to the payment of taxes on
17 liquor, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages by any licensee
18 within the scope of this article, his officers, servants, agents
19 or employes, or upon any other sufficient cause shown, the
20 enforcement bureau may, within one year from the date of such
21 violation or cause appearing, cite such licensee to appear
22 before an administrative law judge, [not less than ten nor more
23 than sixty days from the date of sending such licensee,] by
24 sending by registered mail, a notice addressed to him at his
25 licensed premises, to show cause why such license should not be
26 suspended or revoked or a fine imposed, or both. The bureau
27 shall also send a copy of the hearing notice to the municipality
28 in which the premises is located. A decision on the citation
29 shall be rendered by the administrative law judge within one
30 hundred eighty days of the issuance of the citation, except for
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1 just cause.
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3 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
4 SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. <--
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