PRINTER'S NO. 2438
No. 1837 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, BRENNAN, CLYMER, CRUZ, FABRIZIO, FLECK,
HARHAI, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH,
R. MILLER, MOYER, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, PHILLIPS,
RAMALEY, SOLOBAY, SWANGER, TRUE, WALKO, WATERS AND
YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
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 prohibiting licensees from placing or causing to be placed
18 advertisements for alcoholic beverage on any property of a
19 State-funded public transit system.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 493 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
23 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
24 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a clause to read:
25 Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
1 Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
2 in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
3 provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
4 otherwise.
5 It shall be unlawful--
6 * * *
7 (20.3) Advertising on Public Transit Property Prohibited. No
8 manufacturer or other licensee may place or cause to be placed
9 an advertisement for an alcoholic beverage on any property of a
10 State-funded public transit system, including any bus, railroad
11 car or other mode of transportation.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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