SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1843, 2613, 3090, PRINTER'S NO. 3198
3160
No. 1519 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY REINARD, LEH, MARSICO, McILHINNEY, WILT AND
ADOLPH, MAY 3, 2001
SENATOR THOMPSON, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JANUARY 29, 2002
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 adding definitions; further providing for special occasion
18 permits; providing for shipment of wine into the
19 Commonwealth; further providing for general powers of the
20 board, for sales by Pennsylvania liquor stores, for
21 applications for hotel, restaurant and club liquor licenses,
22 for public venue license, for performing arts facility
23 license; providing FOR A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY <--
24 RETAIL LICENSE NOT SUBJECT TO THE QUOTA SYSTEM AND for malt
25 and brewed beverages alternating brewers' licenses; and
26 further providing for application for distributors',
27 importing distributors' and retail dispensers' licenses, for
28 limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each
29 county, for places of amusement not to be licensed and
30 penalty, for licenses not assignable and transfers, for
1 revocation and suspension of licenses and fines, for local
2 option, for clubs, for privately owned public golf courses,
3 for establishments proximate to interstate highways not to be
4 licensed, for applicants to provide State tax identification
5 numbers and statement of State tax status and waiver of
6 confidentiality of information in the possession of the
7 Department of Revenue and other departments and review of
8 State tax status, for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt
9 and brewed beverages and licensees, for identification cards
10 and licensees and State liquor store employees saved from
11 prosecution, for reporting of worthless checks, for unlawful
12 advertising and for premises to be vacated by patrons.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The definitions of "eating place," "public venue"
16 and "restaurant" in section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951
17 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
18 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended December 20, 2000
19 (P.L.992, No.141), are amended and the section is amended by
20 adding definitions to read:
21 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
22 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
23 meanings ascribed to them in this section:
24 * * *
25 "Alternating brewer" shall mean any person, association,
26 corporation or other business entity licensed by the board to
27 produce malt or brewed beverages at premises that are licensed
28 by another entity under a Pennsylvania manufacturer's license.
29 * * *
30 "Automobile racetrack" shall mean a track used principally
31 for holding automobile races which has a seating capacity in
32 excess of twenty-five thousand.
33 * * *
34 "Combination package" shall mean a package consisting of
35 liquor or alcohol and a non-liquor or non-alcohol item as
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1 packaged by the manufacturer or its representative.
2 * * *
3 "CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY" SHALL MEAN THE <--
4 BUILDING OR COMPLEX OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT ENTITY INCORPORATED
5 UNDER 15 PA.C.S. SUBPT. C (RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS)
6 WHICH PRIMARILY HOUSES PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-TWO. AT
7 LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERSONS RESIDING IN THE BUILDING OR COMPLEX
8 MUST BE OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-TWO.
9 * * *
10 "Direct shipper" shall mean a person outside this
11 Commonwealth who obtains a license from the board to accept
12 orders placed for wine from within this Commonwealth by the
13 Internet and who ships or facilitates in any way shipment of
14 wine by a delivery agent or common carrier to a Pennsylvania
15 liquor store.
16 * * *
17 "Eating place" shall mean a premise where food is regularly
18 and customarily prepared and sold, having a total area of not
19 less than three hundred square feet available to the public in
20 one or more rooms, other than living quarters, and equipped with
21 tables and chairs, including bar seats, accommodating thirty
22 persons at one time.
23 * * *
24 "Management company" shall mean any entity employed or
25 otherwise contracted by a licensee to operate, manage or
26 supervise all or part of the operation of the licensed premises.
27 * * *
28 "Public venue" shall mean a stadium, arena, convention
29 center, museum, amphitheater or similar structure. If the public
30 venue is a cruise terminal owned or leased by a port authority
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1 created under the act of June 12, 1931 (P.L.575, No.200),
2 entitled "An act providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and
3 New Jersey in the development of the ports on the lower Delaware
4 River, and the improvement of the facilities for transportation
5 across the river; authorizing the Governor, for these purposes,
6 to enter into an agreement with New Jersey; creating The
7 Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and
8 duties thereof, including the power to finance projects by the
9 issuance of revenue bonds; transferring to the new commission
10 all the powers of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission;
11 and making an appropriation," it shall have no permanent seating
12 requirement. If the public venue is an open-air amphitheater
13 owned by a port authority created under the act of December 6,
14 1972 (P.L.1392, No.298), known as the "Third Class City Port
15 Authority Act," it shall have no permanent seating requirement.
16 If the public venue is owned by a political subdivision, a
17 municipal authority, the Commonwealth, an authority created
18 under the act of July 29, 1953 (P.L.1034, No.270), known as the
19 "Public Auditorium Authorities Law," an authority created under
20 Article XXV-A of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230),
21 known as the "Second Class County Code," an art museum
22 established under the authority of the act of April 6, 1791 (3
23 Sm.L.20, No.1536), entitled "An act to confer on certain
24 associations of the citizens of this commonwealth the powers and
25 immunities of corporations, or bodies politic in law," or an
26 authority created under Article XXIII (n) or (o) of the act of
27 August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as "The County Code," it
28 shall have permanent seating for at least one thousand (1,000)
29 people; otherwise, it shall have permanent seating for at least
30 [five thousand (5,000)] three thousand (3,000) people. The term
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1 shall also mean any regional history center, multipurpose
2 cultural and science facility or museum, regardless of owner and
3 seating capacity, that has a floor area of at least sixty
4 thousand (60,000) square feet in one building.
5 * * *
6 "Restaurant" shall mean a reputable place operated by
7 responsible persons of good reputation and habitually and
8 principally used for the purpose of providing food for the
9 public, the place to have an area within a building of not less
10 than four hundred square feet, equipped with tables and chairs,
11 including bar seats, accommodating at least thirty persons at
12 one time.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. Section 207 of the act is amended by adding a
15 subsection to read:
16 Section 207. General Powers of Board.--Under this act, the
17 board shall have the power and its duty shall be:
18 * * *
19 (k) To issue grants to various entities for alcohol
20 education and prevention efforts.
21 Section 3. Section 305(a) of the act is amended to read:
22 Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--(a)
23 Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall keep in stock for sale
24 such classes, varieties and brands of liquor and alcohol as the
25 board shall prescribe. Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall be
26 authorized to sell combination packages. If any person shall
27 desire to purchase any class, variety or brand of liquor or
28 alcohol which any such store does not have in stock, it shall be
29 the duty of such store immediately to order the same upon the
30 payment of a reasonable deposit by the purchaser in such
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1 proportion of the approximate cost of the order as shall be
2 prescribed by the regulations of the board. No purchaser may be
3 required to purchase more than two bottles or containers of the
4 product, provided that such product is available through the
5 State store system. The customer shall be notified immediately
6 upon the arrival of the goods.
7 In computing the retail price of such special orders for
8 liquor or alcohol, the board shall not include the cost of
9 freight or shipping before applying the mark-up and taxes but
10 shall add the freight or shipping charges to the price after the
11 mark-up and taxes have been applied.
12 Unless the customer pays for and accepts delivery of any such
13 special order within ten days after notice of arrival, the store
14 may place it in stock for general sale and the customer's
15 deposit shall be forfeited.
16 * * *
17 Section 4. Section 403(a) of the act, amended December 21,
18 1998 (P.L.1202, No.155), is amended to read:
19 Section 403. Applications for Hotel, Restaurant and Club
20 Liquor Licenses.--(a) Every applicant for a hotel liquor
21 license, restaurant liquor license or club liquor license or for
22 the transfer of an existing license to another premises not then
23 licensed or to another person shall file a written application
24 with the board in such form and containing such information as
25 the board shall from time to time prescribe, which shall be
26 accompanied by a filing fee and an annual license fee as
27 prescribed in section 614-A of the act of April 9, 1929
28 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
29 Every such application shall contain a description of that part
30 of the hotel, restaurant or club for which the applicant desires
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1 a license and shall set forth such other material information,
2 description or plan of that part of the hotel, restaurant or
3 club where it is proposed to keep and sell liquor as may be
4 required by the regulations of the board. The descriptions,
5 information and plans referred to in this subsection shall show
6 the hotel, restaurant, club, or the proposed location for the
7 construction of a hotel, restaurant or club, at the time the
8 application is made, and shall show any alterations proposed to
9 be made thereto, or the new building proposed to be constructed
10 after the approval by the board of the application for a license
11 or for the transfer of an existing license to another premises
12 not then licensed or to another person. No physical alterations,
13 improvements or changes shall be required to be made to any
14 hotel, restaurant or club, nor shall any new building for any
15 such purpose, be required to be constructed until approval of
16 the application for license or for the transfer of an existing
17 license to another premises not then licensed or to another
18 person by the board. After approval of the application, the
19 licensee shall make the physical alterations, improvements and
20 changes to the licensed premises, or shall construct the new
21 building in the manner specified by the board at the time of
22 approval, and the licensee shall not transact any business under
23 the license until the board has approved the completed physical
24 alterations, improvements and changes to the licensed premises,
25 or the completed construction of the new building as conforming
26 to the specifications required by the board at the time of
27 issuance or transfer of the license, and is satisfied that the
28 establishment is a restaurant, hotel or club as defined by this
29 act. The board may require that all such alterations or
30 construction or conformity to definition be completed within six
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1 months from the time of issuance or transfer of the license.
2 Failure to comply with these requirements shall be considered
3 cause for revocation of the license. No such license shall be
4 transferable between the time of issuance or transfer of the
5 license and the approval of the completed alterations or
6 construction by the board and full compliance by the licensee
7 with the requirements of this act, except in the case of death
8 of the licensee prior to full compliance with all of the
9 aforementioned requirements, unless full compliance is
10 impossible for reasons beyond the licensee's control, in which
11 event, the license may be transferred by the board as provided
12 in this act.
13 * * *
14 Section 5. Section 408.4(a) of the act, amended November 10,
15 1999 (P.L.514, No.47), is amended to read:
16 Section 408.4. Special Occasion Permits.--(a) Upon
17 application of any hospital, church, synagogue, volunteer fire
18 company, volunteer ambulance company, volunteer rescue squad,
19 nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the
20 Internal Revenue code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
21 501(c)(3)) whose purpose is to protect the architectural
22 heritage of boroughs, and which has been recognized as such by a
23 municipal resolution, unit of a nationally chartered club which
24 has been issued a club liquor license, nonprofit agricultural
25 association in existence for at least ten years, bona fide
26 sportsmen's club in existence for at least ten years, nationally
27 chartered veterans' organization and any affiliated lodge or
28 subdivision of such organization, fraternal benefit society that
29 is licensed to do business in this Commonwealth and any
30 affiliated lodge or subdivision of such fraternal benefit
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1 society, or one auxiliary of any of the foregoing, and upon
2 payment of the prescribed fee for special occasion permits under
3 section 614-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
4 known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," the board shall
5 issue a special occasion permit good for a period of not more
6 than six consecutive or nonconsecutive days during a calendar
7 year. Special occasion permits may also be issued to a museum
8 operated by a nonprofit corporation in a city of the third class
9 or township of the first class or a nonprofit corporation
10 engaged in the performing arts in a city of the third class or
11 in an incorporated town or to an arts council or to a nonprofit
12 corporation that operates an arts facility or museum in a city
13 of the third class in a county of the fourth class for a period
14 of not more than six nonconsecutive or ten consecutive days at
15 the prescribed fee for special occasion permits under section
16 614-A of "The Administrative Code of 1929."
17 * * *
18 Section 6. Sections 412(b), (d), (e) and (f) and 413(d), (e)
19 and (g) of the act, added December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141),
20 are amended to read:
21 Section 412. Public Venue License.--* * *
22 (b) An application for a restaurant liquor license under
23 this section may be made by the owner of the public venue, [a
24 nonprofit corporation operating] the operator of the public
25 venue or by a concessionaire designated by the governing body of
26 either the owner of the public venue or the [nonprofit
27 corporation] operator. The application and issuance of the
28 license is subject to sections 403 and 404 unless otherwise
29 stated. The licensing period shall be as set forth by the board
30 under section 402. The application, renewal and filing fees
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1 shall be as prescribed in section 614-A(25) of the act of April
2 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
3 1929." [For the purposes of this section, a nonprofit
4 corporation is an entity incorporated under the nonprofit
5 corporation laws for the purpose of benefiting the public and
6 not for the purpose of benefiting its members.]
7 * * *
8 (d) Licenses under this section shall expire upon: (1)
9 revocation by an administrative law judge under section 471; (2)
10 nonrenewal by the board under section 470; (3) nonrenewal of the
11 license by the license holder; (4) termination of the contract
12 between the owner of the public venue and its concessionaire; or
13 (5) termination of the contract between [a nonprofit
14 corporation] an operator and its concessionaire.
15 * * *
16 (e) The board may issue a license under this section at any
17 time to a new applicant even if the previous license had: (1)
18 been revoked by an administrative law judge under section 471;
19 (2) not been renewed by the board under section 470; (3) not
20 been renewed by the license holder; (4) expired because of the
21 termination of the contract between the owner of the public
22 venue and its concessionaire; or (5) expired because of the
23 termination of the contract between [the nonprofit corporation]
24 an operator and its concessionaire.
25 (f) Licenses issued under this section are to be considered
26 restaurant liquor licenses. However, the following additional
27 restrictions and privileges apply:
28 (1) Sales may only be made one hour before, during and one
29 hour after any athletic performance, performing arts event,
30 trade show, convention, banquet or any other performance at the
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1 facility; however, sales may not be made from two o'clock
2 antemeridian to seven o'clock antemeridian. In addition, sales
3 may not occur prior to eleven o'clock antemeridian on Sundays or
4 seven o'clock antemeridian on Mondays. Notwithstanding this
5 section, facilities that had been licensed under former sections
6 408.9 and 408.14 may sell liquor and/or malt or brewed beverages
7 anytime except from two o'clock antemeridian to seven o'clock
8 antemeridian or prior to eleven o'clock antemeridian on Sundays
9 or seven o'clock antemeridian on Mondays, regardless of whether
10 there is a performance at the facility.
11 (2) Sales of alcoholic beverages before, during and after
12 all professional and amateur athletic events on the premises
13 shall be limited to sales of malt or brewed beverages in
14 shatterproof containers. Sales of alcoholic beverages before,
15 during and after performing arts events or other entertainment
16 events may consist of liquor or malt or brewed beverages in
17 shatterproof containers. Sales during trade shows, conventions,
18 banquets or at other events, or sales made in the club seats or
19 at a restaurant facility, may consist of liquor or malt or
20 brewed beverages in any type of container; however, any liquor
21 or malt or brewed beverages sold in the club seats or restaurant
22 facility must remain in the club seating level or restaurant
23 facility. For purposes of this section, a club seat is any
24 seating located on the designated club seating level and
25 partitioned from general seating by a wall, divider, partial
26 wall or railing. The club seating level must not be accessible
27 by the general public. The board's records shall clearly
28 delineate where the sale of liquor or malt or brewed beverages
29 in any type of container may occur.
30 (3) Sales of malt or brewed beverages for off-premises
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1 consumption are prohibited.
2 (4) Licenses issued under this section shall not be subject
3 to: (i) the proximity provisions of sections 402 and 404; (ii)
4 the quota restrictions of section 461; [(iii) the provisions of
5 section 463;] (iv) the provisions of section 493(10) except as
6 they relate to lewd, immoral or improper entertainment; and (v)
7 the prohibition against minors frequenting as described in
8 section 493(14). In addition, licenses issued under this section
9 shall not be subject to the provisions defining "restaurant" in
10 section 102.
11 Section 413. Performing Arts Facility License.--* * *
12 (d) Licenses under this section shall expire upon: (1)
13 revocation by an administrative law judge under section 471; (2)
14 nonrenewal by the board under section 470; (3) nonrenewal of the
15 license by the license holder; or (4) termination of the
16 contract between the [owner] operator of the [public venue]
17 performing arts facilities and its concessionaire[; or (5)
18 termination of the contract between a corporation and its
19 concessionaire].
20 (e) The board may issue a license under this section at any
21 time to a new applicant even if the previous license had: (1)
22 been revoked by an administrative law judge under section 471;
23 (2) not been renewed by the board under section 470; (3) not
24 been renewed by the license holder; or (4) expired because of
25 the termination of the contract between the [owner] operator of
26 the [public venue] performing arts facilities and its
27 concessionaire[; or (5) expired because of the termination of
28 the contract between the corporation and its concessionaire].
29 * * *
30 (g) Licenses issued under this section shall not be subject
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1 to: (1) the proximity provisions of sections 402 and 404; (2)
2 the quota restrictions of section 461; [(3) the provisions of
3 section 463;] (4) the provisions of section 493(10) except as
4 they relate to lewd, immoral or improper entertainment; and (5)
5 the prohibitions against minors frequenting as described in
6 section 493(14). In addition, licenses issued under this section
7 shall not be subject to the provisions defining "restaurant" in
8 section 102.
9 * * *
10 Section 7. The act is amended by adding a section SECTIONS <--
11 to read:
12 SECTION 414. CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY RETAIL <--
13 LICENSES.--(A) THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE A RESTAURANT
14 LIQUOR LICENSE TO A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AS THAT
15 TERM IS DEFINED IN THIS ACT, OR ITS DESIGNATED CONCESSIONAIRE.
16 THE LICENSING PERIOD SHALL BE ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 402. THE
17 APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE IS SUBJECT TO SECTIONS
18 403 AND 404 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. THE APPLICATION, RENEWAL,
19 AND FILING FEE, SHALL BE AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 614-A(1) OF
20 THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS "THE
21 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929."
22 (B) LICENSES ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RESTAURANT LIQUOR
23 LICENSES FOR ALL PURPOSES EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN. HOWEVER,
24 THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVILEGES APPLY:
25 (1) LICENSES ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
26 THE QUOTA RESTRICTIONS OF SECTION 461.
27 (2) SALES OF LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES MAY NOT
28 OCCUR FROM TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN TO SEVEN O'CLOCK
29 ANTEMERIDIAN. IN ADDITION, SALES MAY NOT OCCUR PRIOR TO ONE
30 O'CLOCK POSTMERIDIAN OR AFTER TEN O'CLOCK POSTMERIDIAN ON
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1 SUNDAY.
2 (3) LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES SOLD OR FURNISHED BY
3 THE LICENSEE MAY BE POSSESSED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CONTINUING
4 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT PORTION OF
5 THE PREMISES IS LICENSED. HOWEVER, NO LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED
6 BEVERAGES SOLD OR FURNISHED BY THE LICENSEE MAY BE TAKEN BEYOND
7 THE CONFINES OF THE CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
8 (4) SALES OF LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES MAY OCCUR IN
9 THOSE PORTIONS OF THE PREMISES LICENSED BY THE BOARD AS WELL AS
10 IN ROOMS THAT ARE LIVED IN OR USED BY RESIDENTS OF THE
11 CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. SALES OF LIQUOR AND MALT
12 OR BREWED BEVERAGES ARE LIMITED TO RESIDENTS OF THE CONTINUING
13 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, EMPLOYES OF THE CONTINUING CARE <--
14 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND THE GUESTS OF RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYES IN <--
15 CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL, REGULARLY SCHEDULED DINING,
16 ENTERTAINMENT OR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTINUING CARE
17 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
18 (5) LICENSES ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
19 THE PROVISIONS DEFINING "RESTAURANT" IN SECTION 102.
20 (C) LICENSES ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION ARE NONTRANSFERABLE
21 AND IF ISSUED TO A CONCESSIONAIRE SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE
22 TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CONTINUING CARE
23 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND THE CONCESSIONAIRE.
24 (D) THE BOARD MAY ISSUE AN EATING PLACE RETAIL DISPENSER
25 LICENSE TO A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LOCATED IN A
26 MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS VOTED TO ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF EATING
27 PLACE RETAIL DISPENSER LICENSES BUT HAS NOT VOTED TO ALLOW THE
28 ISSUANCE OF RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSES. EATING PLACE RETAIL <--
29 DISPENSER LICENSES ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT
30 TO THE RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVILEGES CONTAINED IN SUBSECTIONS (B)
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1 AND (C).
2 Section 431.1. Malt and Brewed Beverages Alternating
3 Brewers' Licenses.--(a) The board shall be authorized to issue
4 an alternating brewer's license to qualified entities. In order
5 to qualify for the alternating brewer's license, the applicant
6 must demonstrate that it holds a Federal brewer's notice
7 registration issued for a premises within this Commonwealth and
8 meet all the qualifications imposed on the holder of a malt and
9 brewed beverage manufacturer's license.
10 (b) The holder of an alternating brewer's license shall have
11 all the rights and be subject to the same conditions and
12 qualifications as those imposed on holders of a malt or brewed
13 beverage manufacturer's license except as set forth in this
14 section.
15 (c) The holder of an alternating brewer's license is not
16 required to maintain separate manufacturing premises; rather,
17 the alternating brewer's license shall be valid at premises that
18 are licensed by another entity under a Pennsylvania
19 manufacturer's license. The holder of an alternating brewer's
20 license shall not be entitled to the limited tax credit
21 available under section 2010 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6,
22 No.2), known as the "Tax Reform Code of 1971."
23 (d) Malt and brewed beverages manufactured under the
24 authority of an alternating brewer's license must be distributed
25 in this Commonwealth only through specific importing
26 distributors who shall first have been given distributor rights
27 for such products in designated geographical areas through the
28 distribution system required for out-of-State manufacturers
29 under section 431(b) as well as all other pertinent sections of
30 this act. The alternating brewer must comply with section 444.
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1 (e) The application, renewal and filing fees for a malt and
2 brewed beverages alternating brewer's license shall be as
3 prescribed in section 614-A(10) of the act of April 9, 1929
4 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
5 Section 8. Section 436(b) of the act, amended April 29, 1994
6 (P.L.212, No.30), is amended to read:
7 Section 436. Application for Distributors', Importing
8 Distributors' and Retail Dispensers' Licenses.--Application for
9 distributors', importing distributors' and retail dispensers'
10 licenses, or for the transfer of an existing license to another
11 premises not then licensed, shall contain or have attached
12 thereto the following information and statements:
13 * * *
14 (b) The particular place for which the license is desired
15 and a detailed description thereof. The description, information
16 and plans referred to in this subsection shall show the premises
17 or the proposed location for the construction of the premises at
18 the time the application is made, and shall show any alterations
19 proposed to be made thereto, or the new building proposed to be
20 constructed after the approval by the board of the application
21 for a license, or for the transfer of an existing license to
22 another premises not then licensed or to another person. No
23 physical alterations, improvements or changes shall be required
24 to be made to any hotel, eating place or club, nor shall any new
25 building for any such purpose be required to be constructed
26 until approval of the application for license or for the
27 transfer of an existing license to another premises not then
28 licensed or to another person by the board. After approval of
29 the application, the licensee shall make the physical
30 alterations, improvements and changes to the licensed premises,
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1 or shall construct the new building in the manner specified by
2 the board at the time of approval. The licensee shall not
3 transact any business under the license until the board has
4 approved the completed physical alterations, improvements and
5 changes of the licensed premises or the completed construction
6 of the new building as conforming to the specifications required
7 by the board at the time of issuance or transfer of the license
8 and is satisfied that the premises meet the requirements for a
9 distributor's or importing distributor's license as set forth in
10 this act or that the establishment is an eating place, hotel or
11 club as defined by this act. The board may require that all such
12 alterations or construction or conformity to definition be
13 completed within six months from the time of issuance or
14 transfer of the license. Failure to comply with these
15 requirements shall be considered cause for revocation of the
16 license. No such license shall be transferable between the time
17 of issuance or transfer of the license and the approval of the
18 completed alterations or construction by the board and full
19 compliance by the licensee with the requirements of this act,
20 except in the case of death of the licensee prior to full
21 compliance with all of the aforementioned requirements, unless
22 full compliance is impossible for reasons beyond the licensee's
23 control, in which event the license may be transferred by the
24 board as provided in this act.
25 Section 9. Section 461(a), (b.1), (b.2), (b.3) and (e.1),
26 amended or added December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), are
27 amended to read:
28 Section 461. Limiting Number of Retail Licenses To Be Issued
29 In Each County.--(a) No additional restaurant, eating place
30 retail dispenser or club licenses shall be issued within a
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1 county if the total number of restaurant and eating place retail
2 dispenser licenses is greater than one license for each three
3 thousand inhabitants in the county, except the board may issue
4 licenses to public venues, performing arts facilities,
5 CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, airport restaurants, <--
6 municipal golf courses, hotels, privately-owned private golf
7 courses, privately-owned public golf courses, racetracks,
8 automobile racetracks, nonprimary pari-mutuel wagering locations
9 and to any other entity which this act specifically exempts from
10 the limitations provided in this section, and the board may
11 issue a license to a club situated in a borough having a
12 population less than eight thousand inhabitants which is located
13 in a county of the second class A whose application is filed on
14 or before February 28, 2001. In addition, the board may issue an
15 eating place retail dispenser license for on-premises sales only
16 to the owner or operator of a facility having a minimum of a
17 one-half mile asphalt track and having a permanent seating
18 capacity of at least six thousand people used principally for
19 holding automobile races, regardless of the number of restaurant
20 and eating place retail dispenser licenses already issued in
21 that county. When determining the number of restaurant and
22 eating place retail dispenser licenses issued in a county for
23 the purposes of this section, licenses exempted from this
24 limitation and club licenses shall not be considered.
25 Inhabitants of dry municipalities shall be considered when
26 determining the population in a county. Licenses shall not be
27 issued or transferred into municipalities where such licenses
28 are prohibited pursuant to local referendum in accordance with
29 section 472. Licenses approved for intermunicipal transfer may
30 not be transferred from the receiving municipality for a period
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1 of five years after the date that the licensed premises are
2 operational in the receiving municipality.
3 (b.1) The board may issue restaurant and eating place retail
4 dispenser licenses and renew licenses issued under this
5 subsection without regard to the quota restrictions set forth in
6 subsection (a) for the purpose of economic development in a
7 municipality under the following conditions:
8 (1) A license may only be issued under this subsection if
9 the applicant has exhausted reasonable means for obtaining a
10 suitable license within the county.
11 (2) The proposed licensed premises must be located within
12 either of the following:
13 (i) A keystone opportunity zone established under the
14 authority of the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L.705, No.92), known
15 as the ["Pennsylvania Keystone Opportunity Zone Act,"] "Keystone
16 Opportunity Zone and Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone Act,"
17 or an area designated as an enterprise zone by the Department of
18 Community and Economic Development.
19 (ii) A municipality in which the issuance of a restaurant or
20 eating place retail dispenser license has been approved by the
21 governing body of the municipality for the purpose of local
22 economic development. Upon request for approval of an economic
23 development license by an applicant, at least one public hearing
24 shall be held by the municipal governing body for the purpose of
25 receiving comments and recommendations of interested individuals
26 residing within the municipality concerning the applicant's
27 intent to acquire an economic development license from the
28 Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The governing body shall,
29 within forty-five days of a request for approval, render a
30 decision by ordinance or resolution to approve or disapprove the
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1 applicant's request for an economic development license. [The
2 municipality must approve the request unless it finds that doing
3 so] If the municipality finds that the issuance of the license
4 would promote economic development it may approve the request;
5 however, it must refuse the request if it finds that approval of
6 the request would adversely affect the welfare, health, peace
7 and morals of the municipality or its residents. A decision by
8 the governing body of the municipality to deny the request may
9 be appealed to the court of common pleas in the county in which
10 the municipality is located. A copy of the approval must be
11 submitted with the license application.
12 (3) The board may issue no more than two licenses total in
13 each county of the first through fourth class and no more than
14 one license total in each county of the fifth through eighth
15 class per calendar year.
16 (4) An applicant under this subsection shall be required to
17 sell food and nonalcoholic beverages equal to seventy per centum
18 (70%) or more of its combined gross sales of food and alcoholic
19 beverages.
20 (5) In addition to renewal and license fees provided under
21 existing law for the type of license issued, an applicant shall
22 be required to pay an initial application surcharge as follows:
23 (i) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) if the licensed
24 premises is located in a county of the first through fourth
25 class.
26 (ii) Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) if the licensed
27 premises is located in a county of the fifth through eighth
28 class.
29 (iii) The initial application surcharge minus a seven
30 hundred dollar ($700) processing fee shall be refunded to the
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1 applicant if the board refuses to issue a provisional license
2 under subsection (b.2). Otherwise, the initial application
3 surcharge minus a seven hundred dollar ($700) processing fee
4 shall be credited to The State Stores Fund. The processing fee
5 shall be treated as an application filing fee as prescribed in
6 section 614(A)(1)(i) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
7 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
8 (6) A license issued under this subsection and a provisional
9 license issued under subsection (b.2) shall be nontransferable
10 with regard to ownership or location.
11 (7) An appeal of the board's decision refusing to grant or
12 renew a license under this subsection shall not act as a
13 supersedeas of the decision of the board if the decision is
14 based, in whole or in part, on the licensee's failure to
15 demonstrate that its food and nonalcoholic beverages were at
16 least seventy per centum (70%) of its combined gross sales of
17 food and alcoholic beverages.
18 (8) A license issued under this subsection may not be
19 validated or renewed unless the licensee can establish that its
20 sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages during the license year
21 immediately preceding application for validation or renewal is
22 equal to seventy per centum (70%) or more of its food and
23 alcoholic beverage sales.
24 (b.2) Qualified applicants under subsection [(b)] (b.1)
25 shall receive a provisional license for one hundred twenty days,
26 exclusive of periods of safekeeping. After ninety days from the
27 date of issuance, the licensee may file an application for a
28 permanent license. A license shall be issued if the licensee
29 establishes that for ninety consecutive days from the date of
30 initial issue its sales of food and nonalcoholic beverages is
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1 equal to at least seventy per centum (70%) of its combined gross
2 sales of food and alcoholic beverages. Licensees shall not be
3 subject to citation by the Enforcement Bureau for a violation of
4 the requirement that food and nonalcoholic beverages equal at
5 least seventy per centum (70%) of the combined gross sales of
6 food and alcoholic beverages during the provisional licensing
7 period.
8 (b.3) An intermunicipal transfer of a license or issuance of
9 a license for economic development under subsection (b.1)(2)(i)
10 must first be approved by the governing body of the receiving
11 municipality when the total number of existing restaurant liquor
12 licenses and eating place retail dispenser licenses in the
13 receiving municipality exceed one license per three thousand
14 inhabitants. Upon request for approval of an intermunicipal
15 transfer of a license or issuance of an economic development
16 license by an applicant, at least one public hearing shall be
17 held by the municipal governing body for the purpose of
18 receiving comments and recommendations of interested individuals
19 residing within the municipality concerning the applicant's
20 intent to transfer a license into the municipality or acquire an
21 economic development license from the Pennsylvania Liquor
22 Control Board. The governing body shall, within forty-five days
23 of a request for approval, render a decision by ordinance or
24 resolution to approve or disapprove the applicant's request for
25 an intermunicipal transfer of a license or issuance of an
26 economic development license. The municipality must approve the
27 request unless it finds that doing so would adversely affect the
28 welfare, health, peace and morals of the municipality or its
29 residents. A decision by the governing body of the municipality
30 to deny the request may be appealed to the court of common pleas
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1 in the county in which the municipality is located. A copy of
2 the approval must be submitted with the license application.
3 * * *
4 (e.1) "Privately-owned public golf course" as used in this
5 section shall mean the restaurant facilities at any privately-
6 owned golf course open for public accommodation. The license may
7 be issued to the operator of the privately-owned public golf
8 course. The license holder may designate a concessionaire to
9 provide food, alcoholic beverage and non-alcoholic beverage
10 service at the restaurant facility.
11 * * *
12 Section 10. Section 463 of the act, amended May 31, 1990
13 (P.L.224, No.48) and December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), is
14 amended to read:
15 [Section 463. Places of Amusement Not To Be Licensed;
16 Penalty.--(a) No license for the sale of liquor or malt or
17 brewed beverages in any quantity shall be granted to the
18 proprietors, lessees, keepers or managers of any theater,
19 circus, museum or other place of amusement, nor shall any house
20 be licensed for the sale of liquor or malt or brewed beverages
21 which has passage or communication to or with any theater,
22 circus, museum or other place of amusement, and any license
23 granted contrary to this act shall be null and void. Nothing
24 contained in this section shall be construed as denying to the
25 board the right to grant a restaurant liquor license regardless
26 of quota restrictions to the owner or operator of:
27 (1) a racetrack as defined in section 102 of this act;
28 (2) a nonprimary pari-mutuel wagering location as defined in
29 section 102 of this act; or
30 (3) a restaurant in a building on a plot of ground owned or
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1 possessed under lease by a corporation incorporated under the
2 laws of this Commonwealth and used principally by such
3 corporation for holding outdoor sport events wherein such events
4 are held under a license issued as provided by law to such
5 corporation by a department, board or commission of the
6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
7 The restaurant liquor license aforementioned shall be subject to
8 all the conditions and restrictions herein applicable to
9 restaurant liquor licenses, except the above prohibition against
10 any passageway or communication between such licensed premises
11 and the place of amusement, and except that nothing contained in
12 this act shall be construed to prohibit the licensed nonprimary
13 pari-mutuel wagering location or the racetrack from providing
14 wagering within the entire licensed premises of the nonprimary
15 pari-mutuel wagering location or the racetrack, and a restaurant
16 liquor license issued for a nonprimary pari-mutuel wagering
17 location or a restaurant liquor license issued for a racetrack
18 issued subsequent to the enactment of this amendment shall not
19 be transferable.
20 Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as denying
21 to the board the right to grant a new restaurant liquor license,
22 regardless of quota restrictions, at any time, to the owner or
23 operator of a restaurant in a building or plot of ground having
24 a seating capacity in excess of twenty-five thousand, used
25 principally for holding automobile races.
26 (a.1) Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section or
27 in section 102 of this act shall be construed as denying to the
28 board the right to grant a club or restaurant liquor or malt and
29 brewed beverage license to a club incorporated in this
30 Commonwealth which has been in existence less than one year
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1 prior to making application under this section or to a
2 restaurant either of which has a clubhouse or restaurant located
3 in a stadium or arena having an available seating capacity of
4 twelve thousand or more and owned and operated by or pursuant to
5 an agreement with any city of the first class or created and
6 operated under and in compliance with the act of July 29, 1953
7 (P.L.1034), known as the "Public Auditorium Authorities Law,"
8 and used principally for events at which athletes compete or
9 other types of performers entertain. The club or restaurant
10 liquor or malt and brewed beverage license aforementioned shall
11 be subject to all the conditions and restrictions applicable to
12 such licenses and licenses for places of amusement, except the
13 above prohibition against any passageway or communication
14 between such licensed premises and the place of amusement.
15 (a.2) Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to
16 prevent the holder of a hotel, restaurant liquor or malt and
17 brewed beverage license from selling liquor and malt or brewed
18 beverages in a bowling alley, or other recreational areas
19 including, but no limited to, game rooms and video arcade areas
20 of hotels, when no minors are present, unless minors who are
21 present are under proper supervision as defined in section 493,
22 where the restaurant, bowling alley, or other recreational areas
23 including, but not limited to, game rooms and video arcade areas
24 of hotels are immediately adjacent and under the same roof. The
25 restaurant liquor or malt and brewed beverage licensee
26 aforementioned shall be subject to all the conditions and
27 restrictions applicable to such restaurant licenses except the
28 above prohibition against any passageway or communication
29 between a licensed premise and a place of amusement.
30 (a.3) Nothing contained in subsection (a) or in section 102
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1 shall be construed as denying to the board the right to grant a
2 new retail dispenser license for on-premises sales only,
3 regardless of quota restrictions, to the owner or operator of a
4 facility having a minimum of a one-half mile asphalt track and
5 having a permanent seating capacity of at least six thousand
6 used principally for holding automobile races.
7 (b) Any proprietor, lessee, keeper or manager of any
8 theater, circus, museum or other place of amusement, or any
9 other person who shall violate the provisions of this section,
10 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
11 shall be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and to
12 undergo an imprisonment of not less than thirty days.
13 (c) This section is not applicable to public venues or
14 performing arts facilities licensed under sections 412 and 413.]
15 Section 11. Section 468(a) of the act is amended by adding a
16 clause to read:
17 Section 468. Licenses Not Assignable; Transfers.--(a) * * *
18 (4) In the event the license to be transferred has been
19 ordered to serve a suspension under section 471, and has not
20 served the suspension at the time the board considers the
21 application and all appeals regarding the suspension have been
22 exhausted, the board may require the transferee to serve the
23 suspension as a condition for approval of the transfer. Further,
24 the board may convert the outstanding suspension into a fine and
25 require the transferee to pay the fine as a condition for
26 approval of the transfer. If the board converts the outstanding
27 suspension to a fine, the fine need not comply with the minimum
28 and maximum amounts set forth in section 471 for the underlying
29 citation.
30 * * *
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1 Section 12. Section 471(b) and (c) of the act, amended
2 December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), are amended to read:
3 Section 471. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines.--
4 * * *
5 (b) Hearing on such citations shall be held in the same
6 manner as provided herein for hearings on applications for
7 license. Upon such hearing, if satisfied that any such violation
8 has occurred or for other sufficient cause, the administrative
9 law judge shall immediately suspend or revoke the license, or
10 impose a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than
11 one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, notifying the licensee
12 by registered letter addressed to his licensed premises. If the
13 licensee has been cited and found to have violated section
14 493(1) insofar as it relates to sales to minors or sales to a
15 visibly intoxicated person, section 493(10) insofar as it
16 relates to lewd, immoral or improper entertainment or section
17 493(14), (16) or (21), or has been found to be a public nuisance
18 pursuant to section 611, or if the owner or operator of the
19 licensed premises or any authorized agent of the owner or
20 operator has been convicted of any violation of the act of April
21 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as "The Controlled Substance,
22 Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act," or of 18 Pa.C.S. § 5902
23 (relating to prostitution and related offenses) or 6301
24 (relating to corruption of minors), at or relating to the
25 licensed premises, the administrative law judge shall
26 immediately suspend or revoke the license, or impose a fine of
27 not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five
28 thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. However, if a licensee has
29 been cited and found to have violated section 493(1) as it
30 relates to sales to minors or sales to a visibly intoxicated
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1 person but at the time of the sale the licensee was in
2 compliance with the requirements set forth in section 471.1 and
3 the licensee had not sold to minors or visibly intoxicated
4 persons in the previous four years, then the administrative law
5 judge shall immediately suspend or revoke the license, or impose
6 a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one
7 thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. The administrative law judge
8 shall notify the licensee by registered mail, addressed to the
9 licensed premises, of such suspension, revocation or fine. In
10 the event the fine is not paid within twenty days of the
11 adjudication, the administrative law judge shall suspend or
12 revoke the license, notifying the licensee by registered mail
13 addressed to the licensed premises. Suspensions and revocations
14 shall not go into effect until thirty days have elapsed from the
15 date of the adjudication during which time the licensee may take
16 an appeal as provided for in this act. Any licensee whose
17 license is revoked shall be ineligible to have a license under
18 this act until the expiration of three years from the date such
19 license was revoked. In the event a license is revoked, no
20 license shall be granted for the premises or transferred to the
21 premises in which the said license was conducted for a period of
22 at least one year after the date of the revocation of the
23 license conducted in the said premises, except in cases where
24 the licensee or a member of his immediate family is not the
25 owner of the premises, in which case the board may, in its
26 discretion, issue or transfer a license within the said year. In
27 the event the bureau or the person who was fined or whose
28 license was suspended or revoked shall feel aggrieved by the
29 adjudication of the administrative law judge, there shall be a
30 right to appeal to the board. The appeal shall be based solely
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1 on the record before the administrative law judge. [The board
2 shall affirm the decision of the administrative law judge if it
3 is based on substantial evidence; otherwise, the board shall
4 reverse the decision of the administrative law judge.] The board
5 shall only reverse the decision of the administrative law judge
6 if the administrative law judge committed an error of law,
7 abused its discretion or if its decision is not based on
8 substantial evidence. In the event the bureau or the person who
9 was fined or whose license was suspended or revoked shall feel
10 aggrieved by the decision of the board, there shall be a right
11 to appeal to the court of common pleas in the same manner as
12 herein provided for appeals from refusals to grant licenses.
13 Each of the appeals shall act as a supersedeas unless, upon
14 sufficient cause shown, the reviewing authority shall determine
15 otherwise; however, if the licensee has been cited and found to
16 have violated section 493(1) insofar as it relates to sales to
17 minors or sales to a visibly intoxicated person, section 493(10)
18 insofar as it relates to lewd, immoral or improper entertainment
19 or section 493(14), (16) or (21), or has been found to be a
20 public nuisance pursuant to section 611, or if the owner or
21 operator of the licensed premises or any authorized agent of the
22 owner or operator has been convicted of any violation of "The
23 Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act," or of 18
24 Pa.C.S. § 5902 or 6301, at or relating to the licensed premises,
25 its appeal shall not act as a supersedeas unless the reviewing
26 authority determines otherwise upon sufficient cause shown. In
27 any hearing on an application for a supersedeas under this
28 section, the reviewing authority may consider, in addition to
29 other relevant evidence, documentary evidence, including records
30 of the bureau, showing the prior history of citations, fines,
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1 suspensions or revocations against the licensee; and the
2 reviewing authority may also consider, in addition to other
3 relevant evidence, evidence of any recurrence of the unlawful
4 activity occurring between the date of the citation which is the
5 subject of the appeal and the date of the hearing. No penalty
6 provided by this section shall be imposed for any violations
7 provided for in this act unless the bureau notifies the licensee
8 of its nature within thirty days of the completion of the
9 investigation.
10 (c) The administrative law judge may consider the licensee's
11 prior citation history when imposing a penalty. If the violation
12 in question is a third or subsequent violation of this act or
13 Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to
14 crimes and offenses), occurring within a period of four years,
15 the administrative law judge shall impose a suspension or
16 revocation.
17 * * *
18 Section 13. Section 472(a) of the act, amended December 20,
19 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), is amended and the section is amended by
20 adding subsections to read:
21 Section 472. Local Option.--(a) In any municipality or any
22 part of a municipality where such municipality is split so that
23 each part thereof is separated by another municipality, an
24 election may be held, subject to subsection (c), on the date of
25 the primary election immediately preceding any municipal
26 election, but not oftener than once in four years, to determine
27 the will of the electors with respect to the granting of liquor
28 licenses to hotels, restaurants, resort facilities and clubs,
29 not oftener than once in four years, to determine the will of
30 the electors with respect to the granting of liquor licenses to
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1 public venues, to performing arts facilities, TO CONTINUING CARE <--
2 RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, to hotels located on property owned by
3 an accredited college or university, to privately-owned private
4 golf courses or to privately-owned public golf courses, not
5 oftener than once in four years, to determine the will of the
6 electors with respect to the granting of licenses to retail
7 dispensers of malt and brewed beverages, not oftener than once
8 in four years, to determine the will of the electors with
9 respect to granting of licenses to wholesale distributors and
10 importing distributors, not more than once in two years, to
11 determine the will of the electors with respect to the granting
12 of club liquor licenses or club retail dispenser licenses to
13 incorporated units of national veterans' organizations, not
14 oftener than once in two years to determine the will of the
15 electors with respect to the granting of special occasion
16 permits to qualified organizations, or not more than once in
17 four years, to determine the will of the electors with respect
18 to the establishment, operation and maintenance by the board of
19 Pennsylvania liquor stores, within the limits of such
20 municipality or part of a split municipality, under the
21 provisions of this act: Provided, however, Where an election
22 shall have been held at the primary preceding a municipal
23 election in any year, another election may be held under the
24 provisions of this act at the primary occurring the fourth year
25 after such prior election: And provided further, That an
26 election on the question of establishing and operating a State
27 liquor store shall be initiated only in those municipalities, or
28 that part of a split municipality that shall have voted against
29 the granting of liquor licenses; and that an election on the
30 question of granting wholesale distributor and importing
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1 distributor licenses shall be initiated only in those
2 municipalities or parts of split municipalities that shall have
3 at a previous election voted against the granting of dispenser's
4 licenses. Whenever electors equal to at least twenty-five per
5 centum of the highest vote cast for any office in the
6 municipality or part of a split municipality at the last
7 preceding general election shall file a petition with the county
8 board of elections of the county for a referendum on the
9 question of granting any of said classes of licenses or the
10 establishment of Pennsylvania liquor stores, the said county
11 board of elections shall cause a question to be placed on the
12 ballots or on the voting machine board and submitted at the
13 primary immediately preceding the municipal election. Separate
14 petitions must be filed for each question to be voted on. Said
15 proceedings shall be in the manner and subject to the provisions
16 of the election laws which relate to the signing, filing and
17 adjudication of nomination petitions, insofar as such provisions
18 are applicable.
19 When the question is in respect to the granting of liquor
20 licenses, it shall be in the following form:
21 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses
22 for the sale of liquor in.......................... Yes
23 of................................................? No
24 When the question is in respect to the granting of liquor
25 licenses to resort facilities in those municipalities that do
26 not already allow the retail sale of liquor, it shall be in the
27 following form:
28 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses to resort
29 facilities for the sale of liquor in the.......... Yes
30 of...............................................? No
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1 When the question is in respect to the granting of restaurant
2 liquor licenses for use at public venues in those municipalities
3 that do not already allow the retail sale of liquor, it shall be
4 in the following form:
5 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses to public
6 venues for the sale of liquor in the............. Yes
7 of..............................................? No
8 When the question is in respect to the granting of restaurant
9 liquor licenses for use at performing arts facilities in those
10 municipalities that do not already allow the retail sale of
11 alcohol, it shall be in the following form:
12 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses to
13 performing arts facilities for the sale of liquor
14 in the........................................... Yes
15 of..............................................? No
16 When the question is in respect to the granting of liquor
17 licenses for hotels located on property owned by an accredited
18 college or university in those municipalities that do not
19 already allow the granting of liquor licenses, it shall be in
20 the following form:
21 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses to hotels on
22 property owned by an accredited college or university
23 in the............................................ Yes
24 of...............................................? No
25 When the question is in respect to the granting of liquor
26 licenses, for privately-owned private golf courses, it shall be
27 in the following form:
28 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses for
29 privately-owned private golf courses for the sale
30 of liquor in.................by.................. Yes
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1 of..............................................? No
2 When the question is in respect to the granting of liquor
3 licenses, for privately-owned public golf courses, it shall be
4 in the following form:
5 Do you favor the granting of liquor licenses for
6 privately-owned public golf courses for the sale
7 of liquor in.................by.................. Yes
8 of..............................................? No
9 WHEN THE QUESTION IS IN RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OF LIQUOR <--
10 LICENSES TO CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN THOSE
11 MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY APPROVED THE GRANTING OF
12 LIQUOR LICENSES, IT SHALL BE IN THE FOLLOWING FORM:
13 DO YOU FAVOR THE GRANTING OF LIQUOR LICENSES FOR
14 CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
15 IN.................BY......................... YES
16 OF.............................................? NO
17 When the question is in respect to the granting of licenses
18 to retail dispensers of malt and brewed beverages, it shall be
19 in the following form:
20 Do you favor the granting of malt and brewed
21 beverage retail dispenser licenses for
22 consumption on premises where sold in the........ Yes
23 of..............................................? No
24 When the question is in respect to the granting of licenses
25 to wholesale distributors of malt or brewed beverages and
26 importing distributors, it shall be in the following form:
27 Do you favor the granting of malt and brewed
28 beverage wholesale distributor's and importing
29 distributor's licenses not for consumption on
30 premises where sold in the....................... Yes
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1 of..............................................? No
2 When the question is in respect to the granting of club
3 liquor licenses to incorporated units of national veterans'
4 organizations, it shall be in the following form:
5 Do you favor the granting of club liquor licenses
6 to incorporated units of national veterans' organizations
7 in the........................................... Yes
8 of..............................................? No
9 When the question is in respect to the granting of club
10 retail dispenser licenses to incorporated units of national
11 veterans' organizations, it shall be in the following form:
12 Do you favor the granting of club retail dispenser
13 licenses to incorporated units of national veterans'
14 organizations in the............................. Yes
15 of..............................................? No
16 When the question is in respect to the granting of special
17 occasion permits allowing the sale of liquor by qualified
18 organizations in municipalities that do not already allow the
19 retail sale of liquor, it shall be in the following form:
20 Do you favor the granting of special occasion permits to
21 allow the sale of liquor by qualified organizations in
22 the............................................... Yes
23 of...............................................? No
24 When the question is in respect to the granting of special
25 occasion permits allowing the sale of malt or brewed beverages
26 only by qualified organizations in municipalities that do not
27 already allow the retail sale of malt or brewed beverages, it
28 shall be in the following form:
29 Do you favor the granting of special occasion permits to
30 allow the sale of malt or brewed beverages only by qualified
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1 organizations in the.............................. Yes
2 of...............................................? No
3 When the question is in respect to the establishment,
4 operation and maintenance of Pennsylvania liquor stores it shall
5 be in the following form:
6 Do you favor the establishment, operation
7 and maintenance of Pennsylvania liquor
8 stores in the.................................... Yes
9 of..............................................? No
10 In case of a tie vote, the status quo shall obtain. If a
11 majority of the voting electors on any such question vote "yes,"
12 then liquor licenses shall be granted by the board to hotels,
13 restaurants, resort facilities and clubs, or liquor licenses
14 shall be granted by the board to public venues, to performing
15 arts facilities, to hotels located on property owned by an
16 accredited college or university, to privately-owned private
17 golf courses or to privately-owned public golf courses, or malt
18 and brewed beverage retail dispenser licenses or wholesale
19 distributor's and importing distributor's license for the sale
20 of malt or brewed beverages shall be granted by the board, or
21 club liquor licenses or club retail dispenser licenses shall be
22 granted by the board to incorporated units of national veterans'
23 organizations, or special occasion permits may be issued to
24 qualified organizations, or the board may establish, operate and
25 maintain Pennsylvania liquor stores, as the case may be, in such
26 municipality or part of a split municipality, as provided by
27 this act; but if a majority of the electors voting on any such
28 question vote "no," then the board shall have no power to grant
29 or to renew upon their expiration any licenses of the class so
30 voted upon in such municipality or part of a split municipality;
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1 or if the negative vote is on the question in respect to the
2 establishment, operation and maintenance of Pennsylvania liquor
3 stores, the board shall not open and operate a Pennsylvania
4 liquor store in such municipality or part of a split
5 municipality, nor continue to operate a then existing
6 Pennsylvania liquor store in the municipality or part of a split
7 municipality for more than two years thereafter or after the
8 expiration of the term of the lease on the premises occupied by
9 such store, whichever period is less, unless and until at a
10 later election a majority of the voting electors vote "yes" on
11 such question.
12 * * *
13 (e) An election may be held on the question of granting
14 liquor licenses to resort facilities in municipalities that do
15 not already allow the retail sale of liquor in section 472(a) at
16 the primary election immediately following the effective date of
17 this subsection, and at each subsequent primary election,
18 notwithstanding any referendum frequency restriction in this act
19 to the contrary.
20 (f) For purposes of this section, "resort facilities" shall
21 mean any hotel, restaurant or club located on property owned by
22 or contiguous to a convention center that offers skiing, golf,
23 hiking and horseback riding. The convention center itself must
24 be located on property at least two thousand acres in size. The
25 property may be located in more than one municipality or county.
26 Section 14. Section 472.1 of the act is amended to read:
27 Section 472.1. Clubs.--(a) Whenever any club in existence
28 at least five years prior to the time of application for license
29 owns a contiguous plot of land in more than two municipalities
30 in one or more but less than all of which the granting of liquor
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1 licenses has not been prohibited and at least one acre of the
2 plot of land owned by the club is situated in each municipality
3 in which the granting of liquor licenses has not been
4 prohibited, the club may be issued a club liquor license or a
5 catering license by the board if the board finds that the
6 license will not be detrimental to any residential neighborhood.
7 This section shall not be construed to prohibit the issuance of
8 club liquor licenses or catering licenses which may otherwise be
9 issued under the provisions of this act.
10 (b) Any club which holds a liquor license or a catering
11 license under this section on the effective date of this
12 subsection may, for a period of six (6) months from the
13 effective date of this subsection, exchange such license for a
14 restaurant liquor license. The restaurant liquor license shall
15 be nontransferable and shall be issued to the club or
16 concessionaire chosen by the club to operate the restaurant. A <--
17 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE ISSUED TO A CONCESSIONAIRE UNDER THIS
18 SECTION SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED UPON THE TERMINATION OF
19 THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CLUB AND THE CONCESSIONAIRE.
20 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAW, IF A RESTAURANT
21 LIQUOR LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IS RESCINDED BECAUSE
22 OF THE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CLUB AND THE
23 CONCESSIONAIRE, THE BOARD MAY ISSUE A NEW RESTAURANT LICENSE TO
24 THE CLUB OR ITS NEWLY DESIGNATED CONCESSIONAIRE, AT ANY TIME.
25 Section 15. Section 472.4 of the act, added December 7, 1990
26 (P.L.622, No.160), is amended to read:
27 [Section 472.4. Privately-Owned Public Golf Courses.--(a)
28 Any privately-owned public golf course licensee may, upon
29 application to and the approval of the board, contract with a
30 concessionaire to operate a restaurant or provide food service
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1 and, in the case of a restaurant liquor licensee, sell liquor
2 and malt and brewed beverages or, in the case of a malt and
3 brewed beverage dispenser licensee, sell malt and brewed
4 beverages pursuant to the provisions of this act pertaining to
5 such licensees.
6 (b) The board shall approve the application of any
7 privately-owned public golf course licensee to contract with a
8 concessionaire pursuant to subsection (a) upon being satisfied
9 that the concessionaire is of good repute and financially
10 responsible.]
11 Section 16. Section 475 of the act is amended to read:
12 [Section 475. Establishments Proximate to Interstate
13 Highways Not To Be Licensed.--(a) No license for the sale of
14 liquor or malt or brewed beverages in any quantity shall be
15 granted to the proprietor, lessee, keeper or manager of an
16 establishment the building entrance to which is located within
17 three hundred feet of the entrance or exit of an interstate
18 limited access highway.
19 (b) This section shall not apply to existing licenses, nor
20 be deemed to affect the right of an existing licensee to
21 reinstatement or renewal of his license.]
22 Section 17. Section 477 of the act is amended by adding a
23 subsection to read:
24 Section 477. Applicants to Provide State Tax Identification
25 Numbers and Statement of State Tax Status; Waiver of
26 Confidentiality of Information in the Possession of the
27 Department of Revenue and Other Departments; Review of State Tax
28 Status.--* * *
29 (g) This section shall also be applicable to any management
30 company utilized by the applicant.
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1 Section 18. Article IV of the act is amended by adding a
2 subdivision to read:
3 (C.1) Shipment of Wine.
4 Section 488. Shipment of Wine into Commonwealth.--(a) The
5 shipment of wine from out-of-State to residents of this
6 Commonwealth is prohibited, except as otherwise provided for in
7 this section.
8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act or law
9 to the contrary, a person licensed by another state as a
10 producer, supplier, importer, wholesaler, distributor or
11 retailer of wine and who obtains a direct wine shipper license
12 as provided for in this section may ship up to nine liters per
13 month of any wine NOT INCLUDED ON THE LIST PROVIDED FOR IN <--
14 SUBSECTION (C) on the Internet order of any resident of this
15 Commonwealth who is at least twenty-one years of age for such
16 resident's personal use and not for resale.
17 (C) EACH MONTH, THE BOARD SHALL PUBLISH ON THE INTERNET A <--
18 LIST OF ALL CLASSES, VARIETIES AND BRANDS OF WINE AVAILABLE FOR
19 SALE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORES. A PERSON HOLDING A
20 DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE MAY SHIP ONLY THOSE CLASSES, VARIETIES
21 AND BRANDS OF WINE NOT INCLUDED ON THE LIST AT THE TIME AN
22 INTERNET ORDER IS PLACED.
23 (c) (D) An out-of-State wine shipper shall: <--
24 (1) Not ship more than nine liters per month on the Internet
25 order of any person in this Commonwealth.
26 (2) Not ship to any address in a municipality that has <--
27 adopted a local option referendum under section 472.
28 (3) (2) Report to the board each year the total of wine
29 shipped into this Commonwealth in the preceding calendar year.
30 (4) (3) Permit the board or the Secretary of Revenue, or <--
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1 their designated representatives, to perform an audit of the
2 out-of-State wine shipper's records upon request.
3 (5) (4) Be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of <--
4 the board, any other State agency and the courts of this
5 Commonwealth for purposes of enforcement of this section and any
6 related laws, rules or regulations.
7 (d) (E) A direct shipper may ship wine on the Internet order <--
8 of a resident into this Commonwealth provided that the wine is
9 shipped to a Pennsylvania Liquor Store selected by the resident. <--
10 and the resident pays all taxes due on the wine at the time the <--
11 wine is picked up. THE WINE WILL BE SUBJECT TO TAXES IN THE SAME <--
12 MANNER AS WINE SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE BOARD. THE WINE WILL NOT BE
13 RELEASED BY THE STATE STORE UNTIL ALL MONEYS DUE, INCLUDING ALL
14 TAXES AND FEES, HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE RESIDENT.
15 (e) (F) A person shall sign an affidavit provided by the <--
16 Pennsylvania Liquor Store where the wine was delivered to
17 stating that the wine will only be used for the person's
18 personal use. Any person who resells wine obtained under this
19 section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.
20 (f) (G) The board may promulgate such rules and regulations <--
21 as are necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this
22 section. THE BOARD MAY CHARGE THE RESIDENT A FEE TO COVER THE <--
23 COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING THE INTERNET ORDER.
24 (H) THE BOARD SHALL SUBMIT MONTHLY REPORTS TO THE <--
25 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE LAW AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE OF
26 THE SENATE AND TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE LIQUOR
27 CONTROL COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUMMARIZING
28 THE NUMBER OF DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSES ISSUED BY THE BOARD, THE
29 QUANTITY OF WINE SOLD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND THE TOTAL
30 DOLLAR VALUE OF SALES UNDER THIS SECTION.
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1 (g) (I) The term "wine" as used in this section shall mean <--
2 liquor which is fermented from grapes and other fruits, having
3 alcoholic content of twenty-four per centum or less. The term
4 "wine" shall not include malt or brewed beverages, nor shall
5 wine include any products containing alcohol derived from malt,
6 grain, cereal, molasses or cactus.
7 Section 19. Section 491(2), (8) and (11) of the act are
8 amended to read:
9 Section 491. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Alcohol and
10 Liquor Licensees.--
11 It shall be unlawful--
12 * * *
13 (2) Possession or Transportation of Liquor or Alcohol. For
14 any person, except a manufacturer or the board or the holder of
15 a sacramental wine license or of an importer's license, to
16 possess or transport any liquor or alcohol within this
17 Commonwealth which was not lawfully acquired prior to January
18 first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, or has not
19 been purchased from a Pennsylvania Liquor Store or a licensed
20 limited winery in Pennsylvania, except [miniatures totalling
21 less than one gallon purchased by a collector of the same in
22 another state or foreign country, or] in accordance with section
23 488 or the board's regulations. IN ADDITION IT SHALL BE LAWFUL <--
24 FOR ANYONE TO POSSESS MINIATURES TOTALING LESS THAN ONE GALLON
25 PURCHASED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY. The burden
26 shall be upon the person possessing or transporting such liquor
27 or alcohol to prove that it was so acquired. But nothing herein
28 contained shall prohibit the manufacture or possession of wine
29 by any person in his home for consumption of himself, his family
30 and guests and not for sale, not exceeding, during any one
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1 calendar year, two hundred gallons, any other law to the
2 contrary notwithstanding. Such wine shall not be manufactured,
3 possessed, offered for sale or sold on any licensed premises.
4 None of the provisions herein contained shall prohibit nor
5 shall it be unlawful for any person to import into Pennsylvania,
6 transport or have in his possession, an amount of liquor not
7 exceeding one gallon in volume upon which a State tax has not
8 been paid, if it can be shown to the satisfaction of the board
9 that such person purchased the liquor in a foreign country or
10 United States territory and was allowed to bring it into the
11 United States. Neither shall the provisions contained herein
12 prohibit nor make it unlawful for (i) any member of the armed
13 forces on active duty, or (ii) any retired member of the armed
14 forces, or (iii) any totally disabled veteran, or (iv) the
15 spouse of any person included in the foregoing classes of
16 persons to import into Pennsylvania, transport or have in his
17 possession an amount of liquor not exceeding one gallon per
18 month in volume upon which the State tax has not been paid, so
19 long as such liquor has been lawfully purchased from a package
20 store established and maintained under the authority of the
21 United States and is in containers identified in accordance with
22 regulations issued by the Department of Defense. Such liquor
23 shall not be possessed, offered for sale or sold on any licensed
24 premises.
25 None of the provisions herein contained shall prohibit nor
26 shall it be unlawful for any consul general, consul or other
27 diplomatic officer of a foreign government to import into
28 Pennsylvania, transport or have in his possession liquor upon
29 which a State tax has not been paid, if it can be shown to the
30 satisfaction of the board that such person acquired the liquor
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1 in a foreign country and was allowed to bring it into the United
2 States. Such liquor shall not be possessed, offered for sale or
3 sold on any licensed premises.
4 Any person violating the provisions of this clause for a
5 first offense involving the possession or transportation in
6 Pennsylvania of any liquor in a package (bottle or other
7 receptacle) or wine not purchased from a Pennsylvania Liquor
8 Store or from a licensed limited winery in Pennsylvania, with
9 respect to which satisfactory proof is produced that the
10 required Federal tax has been paid and which was purchased,
11 procured or acquired legally outside of Pennsylvania shall upon
12 conviction thereof in a summary proceeding be sentenced to pay a
13 fine of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each such package, plus
14 costs of prosecution, or undergo imprisonment for a term not
15 exceeding ninety (90) days. Each full quart or major fraction
16 thereof shall be considered a separate package (bottle or other
17 receptacle) for the purposes of this clause. Such packages of
18 liquor shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth in the manner
19 prescribed in Article VI of this act but the vehicle, boat,
20 vessel, animal or aircraft used in the illegal transportation of
21 such packages shall not be subject to forfeiture: Provided,
22 however, That if it is a second or subsequent offense or if it
23 is established that the illegal possession or transportation was
24 in connection with a commercial transaction, then the other
25 provisions of this act providing for prosecution as a
26 misdemeanor and for the forfeiture of the vehicle, boat, vessel,
27 animal or aircraft shall apply.
28 * * *
29 (8) Importation and Sales of Alcohol. For any person, to
30 import alcohol into this Commonwealth, or to sell alcohol to any
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1 person, except in accordance with section 488 and the
2 regulations of the board.
3 * * *
4 (11) Importation of Liquor. For any person, other than the
5 board or the holder of a sacramental wine license [or of], an
6 importer's license or a direct shipper's license, to import any
7 liquor whatsoever into this Commonwealth, but this section shall
8 not be construed to prohibit railroad and pullman companies from
9 selling liquors purchased outside the Commonwealth in their
10 dining, club and buffet cars which are covered by public service
11 liquor licenses and which are operated in this Commonwealth.
12 * * *
13 Section 20. Section 493(3), (4), (9), (14) and (26) of the <--
14 act, amended December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), are amended to
15 read:
16 Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
17 Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
18 in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
19 provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
20 otherwise.
21 It shall be unlawful--
22 * * *
23 [(3) Exchange of Liquor or Malt or Brewed Beverages For
24 Merchandise, etc. For any licensee or the board, or any employe,
25 servant or agent of a licensee or of the board, to sell, offer
26 to sell or furnish any liquor or malt or brewed beverages to any
27 person on a pass book or store order, or to receive from any
28 person any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles in
29 exchange for liquor or malt or brewed beverages.] <--
30 (4) Peddling Liquor or Malt or Brewed Beverages. For any <--
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1 person, to hawk or peddle any liquor or malt or brewed beverages
2 in this Commonwealth.]
3 * * *
4 [(9) Retail Licensees Furnishing Free Lunch, etc. For any
5 retail liquor licensee or any retail dispenser, his agents,
6 servants or employes, to furnish, give or sell below a fair cost
7 any lunch to any consumer, except such articles of food as the
8 board may authorize and approve.]
9 * * *
10 (14) Permitting Undesirable Persons or Minors to Frequent
11 Premises. For any hotel, restaurant or club liquor licensee, or
12 any retail dispenser, his servants, agents or employes, to
13 permit persons of ill repute, [known criminals,] prostitutes or
14 minors to frequent his licensed premises or any premises
15 operated in connection therewith, except minors accompanied by
16 parents, guardians, or under proper supervision or except minors
17 who frequent any restaurant or retail dispensing licensee whose
18 sales of food and non-alcoholic beverages are equal to [seventy]
19 sixty FIFTY per centum or more of the combined gross sales of <--
20 both food and alcoholic beverages on the condition that
21 alcoholic beverages may not be served at the table or booth at
22 which the said minor is seated at the time (unless said minor is
23 under proper supervision as hereinafter defined) and on the
24 further condition that only table service of alcoholic beverages
25 or take-out service of beer shall be permitted in the room
26 wherein the minor is located: Provided, however, That it shall
27 not be unlawful for any hotel, restaurant or club liquor
28 licensee or any retail dispenser to permit minors under proper
29 supervision upon the licensed premises or any premises operated
30 in connection therewith for the purpose of a social gathering,
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1 even if such gathering is exclusively for minors: And provided
2 further, That no liquor shall be sold, furnished or given to
3 such minors nor shall the licensee knowingly permit any liquor
4 or malt or brewed beverages to be sold, furnished or given to or
5 be consumed by any minor, and the area of such gathering shall
6 be segregated from the remainder of the licensed premises. In
7 the event the area of such gathering cannot be segregated from
8 the remainder of the licensed premises, all alcoholic beverages
9 must be either removed from the licensed premises or placed
10 under lock and key during the time the gathering is taking
11 place. [Notice of such gathering shall be given the board as it
12 may, by regulation, require.] Written notice, at least forty-
13 eight (48) hours in advance of such gathering, shall be given to
14 the enforcement bureau. Any licensee violating the provisions of
15 this clause shall be subject to the provisions of section 471.
16 Nothing in this clause shall be construed to make it unlawful
17 for minors to frequent public venues or performing arts
18 facilities.
19 "Proper supervision," as used in this clause, means the
20 presence, on that portion of the licensed premises where a minor
21 or minors are present, of one person twenty-five years of age or
22 older for every fifty minors or part thereof who is directly
23 responsible for the care and conduct of such minor or minors
24 while on the licensed premises and in such proximity that the
25 minor or minors are constantly within his sight or hearing. The
26 presence of the licensee or any employe or security officer of
27 the licensee shall not constitute proper supervision.
28 * * *
29 (26) Worthless Checks. For any retail liquor licensee or any
30 retail dispenser, distributor or importing distributor, to make,
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1 draw, utter, issue or deliver, or cause to be made, drawn,
2 uttered, issued or delivered, any check, draft or similar order,
3 for the payment of money in payment for any purchase of malt or
4 brewed beverages, when such retail liquor licensee, retail
5 dispenser, distributor or importing distributor, has not
6 sufficient funds in, or credit with, such bank, banking
7 institution, trust company or other depository, for the payment
8 of such check. Any person who is a licensee under the provisions
9 of this article, who shall receive in payment for malt or brewed
10 beverages sold by him any check, draft or similar order for the
11 payment of money, which is subsequently dishonored by the bank,
12 banking institution, trust company or other depository, upon
13 which drawn, for any reason whatsoever, shall, within five days
14 of receipt of notice of such dishonor, notify by certified mail
15 the person who presented the said worthless check, draft or
16 similar order. This clause shall not be deemed to have been <--
17 violated if the check, draft or similar order is honored within
18 twenty days of the date on which it was made, drawn, issued or
19 presented. IF THE VIOLATION OF THIS CLAUSE IS THE FIRST SUCH <--
20 VIOLATION BY THE LICENSEE THAT CALENDAR YEAR INVOLVING A CHECK,
21 DRAFT OR SIMILAR ORDER FROM THE PURCHASER TO THE SELLER, AND IF
22 THE CHECK, DRAFT OR SIMILAR ORDER IS SUBSEQUENTLY HONORED WITHIN
23 TEN DAYS FROM THE DAY IT WAS MADE, DRAWN, UTTERED, ISSUED OR
24 DELIVERED, THEN THE ENFORCEMENT BUREAU SHALL ISSUE AN
25 ADMINISTRATIVE WARNING IN LIEU OF CITATION.
26 Section 21. Section 495(a), (e) and (f) of the act, amended
27 or added December 21, 1988 (P.L.1879, No.183) and December 20,
28 1996 (P.L.1523, No.199), are amended to read:
29 Section 495. Identification Cards; Licensees and State
30 Liquor Store Employes Saved From Prosecution.--(a) The valid
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1 photo driver's license or identification card issued by the
2 Department of Transportation or by any other state, [an] a valid
3 armed forces of the United States identification card, a valid
4 passport or a travel visa issued by the United States or a
5 foreign country that contains the holder's photograph shall, for
6 the purpose of this act, be accepted as an identification card.
7 * * *
8 [(e) Any such signed form in the possession of a licensee or
9 an employe of a State Liquor Store may be offered as a defense
10 in all civil and criminal prosecutions for serving a minor, and
11 no penalty shall be imposed if the administrative law judge or
12 the courts are satisfied that the licensee or State Liquor Store
13 employe acted in good faith.
14 (f) A photograph or photocopy or other visual or video
15 presentation of the identification card set forth in subsection
16 (a) in the possession of a licensee or an employe of a State
17 Liquor Store may be offered as a defense in all civil and
18 criminal prosecutions for serving a minor, and no penalty shall
19 be imposed if the administrative law judge or the courts are
20 satisfied that the licensee or State Liquor Store employe acted
21 in good faith.]
22 (e) No penalty shall be imposed on a licensee, licensee's
23 employe or State Liquor Store employe for serving alcohol to a
24 minor if the licensee or employe can establish that the minor
25 was required to produce an identification card as set forth in
26 subsection (a), the minor completed and signed the form as set
27 forth in subsection (c), and these documents were relied upon in
28 good faith. This defense shall apply to all civil and criminal
29 prosecutions.
30 (f) In addition to the defense set forth in subsection (e),
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1 no penalty shall be imposed on a licensee, licensee's employe or
2 State Liquor Store employe for serving alcohol to a minor if the
3 licensee or employe can establish that the minor was required to
4 produce an identification card as set forth in subsection (a), a
5 photograph, photocopy or other visual or video presentation of
6 the identification card was made and those documents were relied
7 upon in good faith. This defense shall apply to all civil and
8 criminal prosecutions.
9 Section 22. Section 496 of the act is amended to read:
10 Section 496. Reporting of Worthless Checks.--Any person who
11 is a licensee under the provisions of this article, who shall
12 receive in payment for malt or brewed beverages sold by him any
13 check, draft or similar order, for the payment of money, which
14 is subsequently dishonored by the bank, banking institution,
15 trust company or other depository, upon which drawn, for any
16 reason whatsoever, and which violates the provisions of section
17 493(26) shall, within [twenty days of receipt of notice of such <--
18 dishonor] thirty days of the date on which the check, draft or <--
19 similar order was made, drawn, issued or presented, notify the
20 board thereof. Such notification to the board shall be in such
21 manner and form as the board shall direct.
22 Section 23. Section 498 of the act, amended December 20,
23 1996 (P.L.1523, No.199), is amended to read:
24 Section 498. Unlawful Advertising.--(a) Manufacturers,
25 wholesalers, retailers and shippers, whether from outside or
26 inside this Commonwealth, and any licensee under this act are
27 permitted to advertise their products and prices in this
28 Commonwealth. All advertisements shall be subject to all Federal
29 and State laws and regulations.
30 (b) No advertisement of price may contain the following:
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1 (1) Any statement that is false, deceptive or misleading.
2 (2) Any statement that is disparaging of the products of a
3 competitor.
4 (3) Any statement referring to monetary comparison between
5 brands.
6 (c) Prices that are advertised or displayed on the licensed
7 premises shall be those that are in effect at the time of the
8 advertisement or display.
9 [(d) No prices, other than the posting of a printed menu or
10 wine list as expressly provided for in section 493(20)(i), may
11 be displayed in a window of any licensed establishment.]
12 (e) The following shall apply to all alcoholic beverage and
13 malt beverage advertising:
14 (1) The entity responsible for the advertisement shall be
15 clearly identified in the advertisement.
16 (2) No licensee may distribute, by mail, personally or
17 through servants, agents or employees, price lists, circulars or
18 handbills off the licensed premises to the general public as a
19 means of advertising liquor, wine or malt or brewed beverages.
20 (3) No print advertisement of alcoholic beverages of any
21 type shall be permitted within three hundred feet of any church,
22 school or public playground. This prohibition shall not preclude
23 any point of sale advertisement, menus or other print
24 advertisement regarding alcoholic beverages inside the licensed
25 premises.
26 (4) The use in any advertisement of alcoholic beverages of
27 any subject matter, language or slogan directed to minors to
28 promote consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
29 Nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit
30 any advertisement of alcoholic beverages to those persons of
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1 legal drinking age.
2 (5) No advertisement shall be permitted, either directly or
3 indirectly, in any booklet, program book, yearbook, magazine,
4 newspaper, periodical, brochure, circular or other similar
5 publication published by, for or in behalf of any educational
6 institution.
7 (6) No advertisement that is obscene shall be permitted.
8 (f) Advertisement of alcoholic beverages and malt and brewed
9 beverages shall not be inconsistent with the spirit of safety or
10 safe driving programs.
11 (g) For purposes of this subsection, the term
12 "advertisement" shall mean any advertising of alcoholic
13 beverages through the medium of radio broadcast, television
14 broadcast, newspapers, periodicals or other publication, outdoor
15 advertisement or any other printed or graphic matter, including
16 booklets, flyers or cards, or on the product label or attachment
17 itself.
18 Section 24. Section 499 of the act is amended by adding
19 subsections to read:
20 Section 499. Premises to be Vacated by Patrons.--* * *
21 (d) This section shall not apply to holders of public
22 service licenses.
23 (e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit restaurant
24 liquor, eating place retail dispenser or hotel licenses from
25 being open 7:00 ante meridian on Sunday until 2:00 ante meridian
26 Monday for the purpose of serving food and non-alcoholic
27 beverages.
28 Section 25. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
29 SECTION 25. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS: <--
30 (1) THE AMENDMENT OR ADDITION OF SECTIONS 102, 412, 413,
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1 431.1, 461, 463, 472, 472.1 AND 472.4 OF THE ACT SHALL TAKE
2 EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
3 (2) THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
4 (3) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
5 DAYS.
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