PRINTER'S NO. 2306
No. 1834 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, SERAFINI, C. WILLIAMS, CIVERA, McCALL,
BELARDI, ROONEY, BELFANTI, JADLOWIEC, SURRA, TRELLO,
CORRIGAN, SAINATO, YOUNGBLOOD AND SEYFERT, OCTOBER 1, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, OCTOBER 1, 1997
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 defining "restaurant."
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The definition of "restaurant" in section 102 of
21 the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor
22 Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is
23 amended to read:
24 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
25 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
1 meanings ascribed to them in this section:
2 * * *
3 "Restaurant" shall mean a reputable place operated by
4 responsible persons of good reputation and habitually and
5 principally used for the purpose of providing food for the
6 public, the place to have an area within a building of not less
7 than four hundred square feet, equipped with tables and chairs
8 and at buildings having bars with a bar surface of no more than
9 one hundred square feet, at least fifteen barstools, such
10 building capable of accommodating at least thirty persons at one
11 time.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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