H1096B2411A03320 NES:EJH 12/12/23 #90 A03320
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1096
Sponsor: SENATOR A. WILLIAMS
Printer's No. 2411
Amend Bill, page 1, line 17, by inserting after
"definitions;"
in Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, establishing the Stop-
and-Go Legislative Task Force;
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 29 and 30
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 218. Stop-and-Go Legislative Task Force.--(a) The
Stop-and-Go Legislative Task Force is established.
(b) The task force shall:
(1) Review and analyze the law, procedures, practices,
processes and rules relating to the issues involving stop-and-go
establishments.
(2) Hold public hearings for the taking of testimony and the
requesting of documents.
(3) Through the chair, administer oaths and affirmations to
witnesses appearing before the task force.
(4) Accept and review written comments from individuals and
organizations.
(5) Issue the report under subsection (f) no later than four
months after the task force's initial meeting. In addition to
any information that the task force deems appropriate, the
report shall:
(i) Define and create a liquor license category for stop-
and-go establishments located and operating within a city of the
first class.
(ii) Provide recommendations for regulating stop-and-go
establishments that are located and operating within a city of
the first class.
(c) The task force shall consist of the following members
who shall be appointed within twenty-five days after the
effective date of this subsection:
(1) One member appointed by the Governor.
(2) One member appointed by the President pro tempore of the
Senate.
(3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives.
(5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives.
(6) An ex officio member from the board who shall not have
voting rights.
(d) A chair of the task force shall be elected by a majority
vote of the members of the task force.
(e) The task force shall conduct business as follows:
(1) The physical presence of a majority of the members shall
constitute a quorum. The ex officio member of the task force
shall not be considered for purposes of a quorum.
(2) Action of the task force must be authorized or ratified
by a majority vote of the members.
(3) A member not physically present may participate by
teleconference or video conference.
(4) The first public meeting of the task force shall be
convened within forty-five days of the effective date of this
paragraph. Additional public meetings may be called by the chair
as necessary.
(5) The chair shall schedule a meeting upon written request
of a two-thirds majority of the members.
(6) The task force shall hold public hearings as necessary.
(7) All meetings and hearings held by the task force shall
be subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
(8) The board shall provide administrative or other
assistance to the task force.
(9) Members may not receive compensation but shall be
reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in
service.
(f) The task force shall compile a report of recommendations
under subsection (b) within four months after the task force's
initial meeting and deliver the report to each member of the
General Assembly who represents residents of a city of the first
class, the board, the chairman and minority chairman of the Law
and Justice C ommittee of the Senate and the chairman and
minority of the Liquor Control Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(g) The task force shall expire thirty days after delivery
of the final report under subsection (f).
(h) As used in this section:
(1) The term "stop-and-go establishment" means
establishments that are:
(i) legal holders of restaurant or R-licenses; and
(ii) a convenience store or deli that sells beer and liquor,
sometimes in quantities as low as a single shot, that may be
consumed on premises or immediately outside the establishment.
(2) The term "task force" means the Stop-and-Go Legislative
Task Force established under this section.
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Amend Bill, page 7, line 20, by inserting a bracket before
"For"
Amend Bill, page 7, line 21, by inserting after "board"
] Upon application filed with the board by February 27, 2026,
Amend Bill, page 7, lines 23 through 26, by striking out
"hotel license under [clause (8)] clauses (8) and (8.1)" in line
23, all of lines 24 and 25 and "[January] JULY 1, [2019] 2024,"
in line 26 and inserting
hotel license [under clause (8) of this subsection for a
hotel licensee that applied for an exemption under clause (9) or
(9.1) of this subsection before January 1, 2019,] referenced
under clause (8) or (8.1) of this subsection
Amend Bill, page 8, line 23, by striking out "4" and
inserting
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