PRINTER'S NO. 247
No. 247 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF AND SALVATORE, JANUARY 23, 1989
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JANUARY 23, 1989
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 location of licensees.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
21 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
22 No.14), is amended by adding a section to read:
23 Section 478. Additional Powers Relating to Licensees.--Upon
24 reaching a determination that licenses are unduly concentrated
25 within one particular area of a municipality, the board shall
1 have the power and may order certain licensees to physically
2 locate or relocate the licensed establishment to other areas of
3 the affected municipality. This power of relocation shall only
4 apply to new licenses which are issued, licenses which are
5 transferred and licenses which are placed in safekeeping with
6 the board.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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