PRINTER'S NO. 906
No. 816 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, DeLUCA,
HARHAI, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MANDERINO, WILT, BISHOP AND
HORSEY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 26, 2001
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 providing for the surrender of a license for benefit of the
18 licensee.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
22 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
23 No.14), is amended by adding a section to read:
24 Section 470.3. Surrender of Restaurant License for Benefit
25 of Licensee.--Whenever a restaurant license has been returned to
1 the board for the benefit of the licensee due to the licensed
2 establishment not having been in operation for a period of
3 fifteen or more days, the license shall be held by the board for
4 a period not to exceed two years. Upon the expiration of this
5 period, the surrendered license shall be revoked by the board,
6 unless an application for transfer of the license has been
7 properly filed with the board prior to the expiration of that
8 period. If the transfer application shall be withdrawn or if the
9 transfer is not permitted by the board for any reason, the board
10 may hold the license for an additional period of three months,
11 whereupon the license shall be revoked unless another
12 application for transfer has been properly filed prior to the
13 expiration of this period.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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