PRINTER'S NO. 2050
No. 1623 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DENLINGER, HORSEY, THOMAS AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 16, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JUNE 16, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17 further providing for specific subjects on which the
18 Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board may adopt regulations.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 208 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
22 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
23 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
24 Section 208. Specific Subjects on Which Board May Adopt
25 Regulations.--Subject to the provisions of this act and without
1 limiting the general power conferred by the preceding section,
2 the board may make regulations regarding:
3 * * *
4 (k) Bulk purchases of liquor at wholesale, provided that the
5 board may not impose a fee for bulk purchase orders submitted by
6 nonbeverage manufacturers.
7 Section 2. All regulations and parts of regulations
8 inconsistent with this act are abrogated.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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