PRINTER'S NO. 2113
No. 1727 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY D. R. WRIGHT AND WILT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
2 act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
3 brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 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 exempting persons manufacturing ethyl alcohol solely for use
18 as motor fuel or experimental purposes from certain license
19 requirements.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 502, act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
23 No.21), known as the "Liquor Code," is amended to read:
24 Section 502. Exemptions.--No license hereunder shall be
25 required from any registered pharmacist; or a physician licensed
26 by the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure; or any
1 person who makes and sells vinegar, nonalcoholic cider and fruit
2 juices; or any person who manufactures, stores, sells or
3 transports methanol, propanol, butanol and amanol; or any person
4 who manufactures, stores, sells or transports ethyl alcohol
5 intended solely for use as motor fuel or for experimental
6 purposes relating to energy conservation; or any person who
7 conducts a wholesale drug business; or any person who
8 manufactures alcoholic preparations not fit for use as a
9 beverage, other than denatured alcohol or for beverage purposes;
10 any person engaged in the manufacture; possession or sale of
11 patent, patented or proprietary medicines, toilet, medicinal or
12 antiseptic preparations unfit for beverage purposes, or
13 solutions or flavoring extracts or syrups unfit for beverage
14 purposes; or any person who manufactures or sells paints,
15 varnishes, enamels, lacquers, stains or paint, or varnish
16 removing or reducing compounds, or wood fillers; or any person
17 who manufactures any substance where the alcohol or any liquor
18 is changed into other chemical substances and does not appear in
19 the finished product as alcohol or liquor; or any common carrier
20 by railroad which is subject to regulation by the Pennsylvania
21 Public Utility Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
22 or scheduled common carriers by air of mail and passengers; or
23 any person who sells, stores or transports alcohol or liquor
24 completely denatured, as specified by the board.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
I19L41DGS/19790H1727B2113 - 2 -