PRINTER'S NO. 1563
No. 1228 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, O'PAKE, MUSTO, HUGHES, PUNT, LAVALLE, RHOADES, ORIE AND COSTA, DECEMBER 3, 2001
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, DECEMBER 3, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as 2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and 3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating 4 and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and 5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession, 6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding 7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic 8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the 9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and 10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing 11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores, 12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective 13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain 14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure 15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures; 16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," 17 further providing for the sale of liquor to licensees. 18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 19 hereby enacts as follows: 20 Section 1. Section 305(b) of the act of April 12, 1951 21 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended 22 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended to read: 23 Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * * 24 (b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors at 25 wholesale to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman
1 and steamship companies licensed under this act; and, under the 2 regulations of the board, to pharmacists duly licensed and 3 registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and to 4 manufacturing pharmacists, and to reputable hospitals approved 5 by the board, or chemists. Sales to licensees shall be made at a 6 price that includes a discount of eighteen per centum from the 7 retail price. The board may sell to registered pharmacists only 8 such liquors as conform to the Pharmacopoeia of the United 9 States, the National Formulary, or the American Homeopathic 10 Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at special prices under the 11 regulations of the board, to United States Armed Forces 12 facilities which are located on United States Armed Forces 13 installations and are conducted pursuant to the authority and 14 regulations of the United States Armed Forces. All other sales 15 by such stores shall be at retail. A person entitled to purchase 16 liquor at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at any 17 Pennsylvania Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or credit 18 card for the full amount of the purchase. For this purpose, the 19 board shall issue a discount card to each licensee identifying 20 such licensee as a person authorized to purchase liquor at 21 wholesale prices. Such discount card shall be retained by the 22 licensee. The board may contract through the Commonwealth 23 bidding process for delivery to wholesale licensees at the 24 expense of the licensee receiving the delivery. 25 * * * 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. K16L47JS/20010S1228B1563 - 2 -