CORRECTIVE REPRINT
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 257, 1120                PRINTER'S NO. 1161

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 224 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY O'DONNELL, WAMBACH, ALDERETTE, HALUSKA, MICOZZIE,
           WOGAN, COY, KOSINSKI, STUBAN, PERZEL, VAN HORNE, PISTELLA,
           FARGO, VROON, CLYMER, LAUGHLIN, MILLER, CIVERA, FREIND,
           PRESTON, HARPER, MAYERNIK, JOHNSON, McINTYRE, MRKONIC,
           WESTON, WIGGINS, EVANS, CARN AND LEVIN, FEBRUARY 15, 1983

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           MAY 10, 1983

                                     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     further providing for hearings on applications for new hotel
    18     and restaurant liquor licenses AND THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH        <--
    19     LICENSES AND FOR THE SURRENDER OF CLUB LICENSES; AND
    20     REQUIRING NOTICES TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.

    21     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    22  hereby enacts as follows:
    23     Section 1.  Section 402 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
    24  No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:


     1     Section 402.  License Districts; License Year; Hearings.--(a)
     2  The board shall, by regulation, divide the State into convenient
     3  license districts and shall hold hearings on applications for
     4  licenses and renewals thereof, as it deems necessary, at a
     5  convenient place or places in each of said districts, at such
     6  times as it shall fix, by regulation, for the purpose of hearing
     7  testimony for and against applications for new licenses and
     8  renewals thereof. The board may provide for the holding of such
     9  hearings by examiners learned in the law, to be appointed by the
    10  Governor, who shall not be subject to the "Civil Service Act."
    11  Such examiners shall make report to the board in each case with
    12  their recommendations. The board shall, by regulation, fix the
    13  license year for each separate district so that the expiration
    14  dates shall be uniform in each of the several districts but
    15  staggered as to the State.
    16     (b)  Where a hearing is held in the case of an application
    17  for a new hotel or restaurant liquor license or an application
    18  for the transfer of a hotel or restaurant liquor license or when
    19  the board is considering the renewal, suspension or revocation
    20  of a license after the premises have been cited as a public
    21  nuisance pursuant to section 611, the board shall permit
    22  residents of the municipality INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD     <--
    23  WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE PLACE PROPOSED TO BE
    24  LICENSED to testify at the hearings. The board and any hearing
    25  officer thereof shall give substantial weight to any testimony
    26  by the resident of the municipality OF SUCH INHABITANTS given in  <--
    27  connection with a public hearing. Decisions on applications
    28  shall conform to the preponderance of the evidence presented.
    29     SECTION 2.  SECTION 403(G) OF THE ACT, AMENDED NOVEMBER 19,    <--
    30  1959 (P.L.1546, NO.553), IS AMENDED TO READ:
    19830H0224B1161                  - 2 -

     1     SECTION 403.  APPLICATIONS FOR HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND CLUB
     2  LIQUOR LICENSES.--* * *
     3     (G)  EVERY APPLICANT FOR A NEW LICENSE OR FOR THE TRANSFER OF
     4  AN EXISTING LICENSE TO ANOTHER PREMISES NOT THEN LICENSED SHALL
     5  POST, FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE
     6  DAY THE APPLICATION IS FILED WITH THE BOARD, IN A CONSPICUOUS
     7  PLACE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PREMISES OR AT THE PROPOSED NEW
     8  LOCATION FOR WHICH THE LICENSE IS APPLIED, A NOTICE OF SUCH
     9  APPLICATION, IN SUCH FORM, OF SUCH SIZE, AND CONTAINING SUCH
    10  PROVISIONS AS THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE BY ITS REGULATIONS.
    11  SIMULTANEOUS WITH POSTING OF THE NOTICE OF SUCH APPLICATION, THE
    12  APPLICANT SHALL SEND NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNING
    13  BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES OR PROPOSED NEW
    14  LOCATION IS LOCATED BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.
    15  PROOF OF THE POSTING OF SUCH NOTICE AND MAILING OF NOTICE TO THE
    16  MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE FILED WITH THE BOARD. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
    17  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE BOARD SHALL TAKE NO ACTION ON AN
    18  APPLICATION UNTIL AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS HAVE ELAPSED FROM THE
    19  DATE OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
    20     * * *
    21     SECTION 3.  SECTION 404 OF THE ACT, AMENDED SEPTEMBER 2, 1971
    22  (P.L.429, NO.103), IS AMENDED TO READ:
    23     SECTION 404.  ISSUANCE OF HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND CLUB LIQUOR
    24  LICENSES.--UPON RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION, THE PROPER FEES AND
    25  BOND, AND UPON BEING SATISFIED OF THE TRUTH OF THE STATEMENTS IN
    26  THE APPLICATION THAT THE APPLICANT IS THE ONLY PERSON IN ANY
    27  MANNER PECUNIARILY INTERESTED IN THE BUSINESS SO ASKED TO BE
    28  LICENSED AND THAT NO OTHER PERSON WILL BE IN ANY MANNER
    29  PECUNIARILY INTERESTED THEREIN DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE
    30  LICENSE, EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PERMITTED, AND THAT THE APPLICANT
    19830H0224B1161                  - 3 -

     1  IS A PERSON OF GOOD REPUTE, THAT THE PREMISES APPLIED FOR MEET
     2  ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE
     3  BOARD, THAT THE APPLICANT SEEKS A LICENSE FOR A HOTEL,
     4  RESTAURANT OR CLUB, AS DEFINED IN THIS ACT, AND THAT THE
     5  ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE IS NOT PROHIBITED BY ANY OF THE
     6  PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, THE BOARD SHALL, IN THE CASE OF A HOTEL
     7  OR RESTAURANT, GRANT AND ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT A LIQUOR
     8  LICENSE, AND IN THE CASE OF A CLUB MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, ISSUE
     9  OR REFUSE A LICENSE: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY
    10  NEW LICENSE OR THE TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE TO A NEW LOCATION THE
    11  BOARD MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, GRANT OR REFUSE SUCH NEW LICENSE
    12  OR TRANSFER IF SUCH PLACE PROPOSED TO BE LICENSED IS WITHIN
    13  THREE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY CHURCH, HOSPITAL, CHARITABLE
    14  INSTITUTION, SCHOOL, OR PUBLIC PLAYGROUND, OR IF SUCH NEW
    15  LICENSE OR TRANSFER IS APPLIED FOR A PLACE WHICH IS WITHIN TWO
    16  HUNDRED FEET OF ANY OTHER PREMISES WHICH IS LICENSED BY THE
    17  BOARD, OR IF SUCH NEW LICENSE OR TRANSFER IS APPLIED FOR A PLACE
    18  WHERE THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IS THE SALE OF LIQUID FUELS AND
    19  OIL: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE BOARD SHALL REFUSE ANY
    20  APPLICATION FOR A NEW LICENSE OR THE TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE TO
    21  A NEW LOCATION IF, IN THE BOARD'S OPINION, SUCH NEW LICENSE OR
    22  TRANSFER WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELFARE, HEALTH, PEACE AND
    23  MORALS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A RADIUS OF
    24  [FIVE HUNDRED] ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE PLACE PROPOSED TO BE
    25  LICENSED: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE BOARD SHALL NOT ISSUE
    26  NEW LICENSES IN ANY LICENSE DISTRICT MORE THAN TWICE EACH
    27  LICENSE YEAR, EFFECTIVE FROM SPECIFIC DATES FIXED BY THE BOARD,
    28  AND NEW LICENSES SHALL NOT BE GRANTED, EXCEPT FOR HOTELS AS
    29  DEFINED IN THIS ACT, UNLESS THE APPLICATION THEREFOR SHALL HAVE
    30  BEEN FILED AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
    19830H0224B1161                  - 4 -

     1  LICENSE: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED
     2  SHALL PROHIBIT THE BOARD FROM ISSUING A NEW LICENSE FOR THE
     3  BALANCE OF ANY UNEXPIRED TERM IN ANY LICENSE DISTRICT TO ANY
     4  APPLICANT IN SUCH DISTRICT, WHO SHALL HAVE BECOME ELIGIBLE TO
     5  HOLD SUCH LICENSE AS THE RESULT OF LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT, WHEN
     6  SUCH ENACTMENT SHALL HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE LICENSE TERM OF
     7  THAT DISTRICT FOR WHICH APPLICATION IS MADE OR WITHIN THE THIRTY
     8  DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUCH TERM, NOR SHALL ANYTHING HEREIN
     9  CONTAINED PROHIBIT THE BOARD FROM ISSUING AT ANY TIME A NEW
    10  LICENSE FOR AN AIRPORT RESTAURANT, OR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, AS
    11  DEFINED IN SECTION 461 OF THIS ACT, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
    12  UNEXPIRED LICENSE TERM IN ANY LICENSE DISTRICT: AND PROVIDED
    13  FURTHER, THAT THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO REFUSE A
    14  LICENSE TO ANY PERSON OR TO ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR
    15  ASSOCIATION IF SUCH PERSON, OR ANY OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF SUCH
    16  CORPORATION, OR ANY MEMBER OR PARTNER OF SUCH PARTNERSHIP OR
    17  ASSOCIATION SHALL HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OR FOUND GUILTY OF A
    18  FELONY WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE
    19  DATE OF APPLICATION FOR THE SAID LICENSE.
    20     SECTION 4.  SECTION 471 OF THE ACT, AMENDED JANUARY 13, 1966
    21  (1965 P.L.1301, NO.518) AND REPEALED IN PART JUNE 3, 1971
    22  (P.L.118, NO.6), IS AMENDED TO READ:
    23     SECTION 471.  REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF LICENSES; FINES.--
    24  (A)  UPON LEARNING OF ANY VIOLATION OF THIS ACT OR ANY LAWS OF
    25  THIS COMMONWEALTH RELATING TO LIQUOR, ALCOHOL OR MALT OR BREWED
    26  BEVERAGES, OR OF ANY REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD ADOPTED PURSUANT
    27  TO SUCH LAWS, OF ANY VIOLATION OF ANY LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH
    28  OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RELATING TO THE TAX-PAYMENT
    29  OF LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES BY ANY LICENSEE WITHIN THE
    30  SCOPE OF THIS ARTICLE, HIS OFFICERS, SERVANTS, AGENTS OR
    19830H0224B1161                  - 5 -

     1  EMPLOYES, OR UPON ANY OTHER SUFFICIENT CAUSE SHOWN, THE BOARD
     2  MAY, WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION OR CAUSE
     3  APPEARING, CITE SUCH LICENSEE TO APPEAR BEFORE IT OR ITS
     4  EXAMINER, NOT LESS THAN TEN NOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS FROM THE
     5  DATE OF SENDING SUCH LICENSEE, BY REGISTERED MAIL, A NOTICE
     6  ADDRESSED TO HIM AT HIS LICENSED PREMISES, TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
     7  SUCH LICENSE SHOULD NOT BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OR A FINE
     8  IMPOSED. THE BOARD SHALL ALSO SEND A COPY OF THE HEARING NOTICE
     9  TO THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES IS LOCATED.
    10     (B)  HEARINGS ON SUCH CITATIONS SHALL BE HELD IN THE SAME
    11  MANNER AS PROVIDED HEREIN FOR HEARINGS ON APPLICATIONS FOR
    12  LICENSE. UPON SUCH HEARING, IF SATISFIED THAT ANY SUCH VIOLATION
    13  HAS OCCURRED OR FOR OTHER SUFFICIENT CAUSE, THE BOARD SHALL
    14  IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE LICENSE, OR IMPOSE A FINE OF
    15  NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
    16  DOLLARS ($1,000), NOTIFYING THE LICENSEE BY REGISTERED LETTER
    17  ADDRESSED TO HIS LICENSED PREMISES. IN THE EVENT THE FINE IS NOT
    18  PAID WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF THE ORDER THE BOARD SHALL SUSPEND OR
    19  REVOKE THE LICENSE, NOTIFYING THE LICENSEE BY REGISTERED MAIL
    20  ADDRESSED TO HIS LICENSED PREMISES. SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS
    21  SHALL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL TWENTY DAYS HAVE ELAPSED FROM THE
    22  DATE OF NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF THE BOARD'S ORDER, DURING WHICH
    23  TIME THE LICENSEE MAY TAKE AN APPEAL AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
    24  ACT. WHEN A LICENSE IS REVOKED, THE LICENSEE'S BOND MAY BE
    25  FORFEITED BY THE BOARD. ANY LICENSEE WHOSE LICENSE IS REVOKED
    26  SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO HAVE A LICENSE UNDER THIS ACT UNTIL THE
    27  EXPIRATION OF THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE SUCH LICENSE WAS
    28  REVOKED. IN THE EVENT THE BOARD SHALL REVOKE A LICENSE, NO
    29  LICENSE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR THE PREMISES OR TRANSFERRED TO THE
    30  PREMISES IN WHICH THE SAID LICENSE WAS CONDUCTED FOR A PERIOD OF
    19830H0224B1161                  - 6 -

     1  AT LEAST ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF THE REVOCATION OF THE
     2  LICENSE CONDUCTED IN THE SAID PREMISES, EXCEPT IN CASES WHERE
     3  THE LICENSEE OR A MEMBER OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS NOT THE
     4  OWNER OF THE PREMISES, IN WHICH CASE THE BOARD MAY, IN ITS
     5  DISCRETION, ISSUE OR TRANSFER A LICENSE WITHIN THE SAID YEAR. IN
     6  ALL SUCH CASES, THE BOARD SHALL FILE OF RECORD AT LEAST A BRIEF
     7  STATEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN OPINION OF THE REASONS FOR THE
     8  RULING OR ORDER. IN THE EVENT THE PERSON WHO WAS FINED OR WHOSE
     9  LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED BY THE BOARD SHALL FEEL
    10  AGGRIEVED BY THE ACTION OF THE BOARD, HE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
    11  APPEAL TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OR THE COUNTY COURT OF
    12  ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN THE SAME MANNER AS HEREIN PROVIDED FOR
    13  APPEALS FROM REFUSALS TO GRANT LICENSES. UPON APPEAL, THE COURT
    14  SO APPEALED TO SHALL, IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS DISCRETION,
    15  SUSTAIN, REJECT, ALTER OR MODIFY THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND
    16  PENALTIES OF THE BOARD, BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND
    17  CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AS FOUND BY THE COURT. THE AFORESAID APPEAL
    18  SHALL ACT AS A SUPERSEDEAS UNLESS UPON SUFFICIENT CAUSE SHOWN
    19  THE COURT SHALL DETERMINE OTHERWISE. NO PENALTY PROVIDED BY THIS
    20  SECTION SHALL BE IMPOSED BY THE BOARD OR ANY COURT FOR ANY
    21  VIOLATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT UNLESS THE ENFORCEMENT
    22  OFFICER OR THE BOARD NOTIFIES THE LICENSEE OF ITS NATURE AND OF
    23  THE DATE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE
    24  COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION WHICH IN NO EVENT SHALL EXCEED
    25  NINETY DAYS.
    26     (C)  IF THE VIOLATION IN QUESTION IS A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT
    27  VIOLATION OF THIS ACT OR [THE ACT OF JUNE 24, 1939 (P.L.872),
    28  KNOWN AS "THE PENAL CODE,"] TITLE 18 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
    29  CONSOLIDATED STATUTES (RELATING TO CRIMES AND OFFENSES),
    30  OCCURRING WITHIN A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS THE BOARD SHALL IMPOSE A
    19830H0224B1161                  - 7 -

     1  SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
     2     (D)  THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY COURT OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY
     3  CONFERRED HEREBY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVE WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL
     4  LIMITS OF ITS JURISDICTION.
     5     SECTION 5.  SECTION 474 OF THE ACT, ADDED JULY 20, 1968
     6  (P.L.429, NO.201), IS AMENDED TO READ:
     7     SECTION 474.  SURRENDER OF CLUB LICENSES FOR BENEFIT OF
     8  LICENSEES.--[WHENEVER A CLUB LICENSE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE
     9  BOARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LICENSEE DUE TO THE LICENSED
    10  ESTABLISHMENT NOT HAVING BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ANY REASON
    11  WHATSOEVER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN DAYS, THE
    12  LICENSE SHALL BE HELD BY THE BOARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
    13  LICENSEE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR, UPON
    14  PROPER APPLICATION TO THE BOARD, FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR, AND THE
    15  LICENSE SHALL BE REVOKED AT THE TERMINATION OF THE PERIOD, AND
    16  TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED AFTER THE
    17  TERMINATION OF THE PERIOD.] (A)  ANY CLUB LICENSEE WHOSE
    18  LICENSED ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT IN OPERATION FOR A PERIOD OF
    19  FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOR ANY REASON SHALL RETURN ITS LICENSE
    20  AND, IF A LIQUOR LICENSE, ITS WHOLESALE PURCHASE PERMIT CARD, TO
    21  THE BOARD NOT LATER THAN THE EXPIRATION OF THE FIFTEEN-DAY
    22  PERIOD. THE RETURN OF SUCH LICENSE AND CARD WILL NOT INVALIDATE
    23  THE LICENSE, WHICH WILL BE HELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LICENSEE
    24  AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ITS USE WHEN OPERATIONS ARE RESUMED AT THE
    25  LICENSED PREMISES, OR FOR TRANSFER.
    26     (B)  WHERE THE CLUB LICENSE IS RETURNED BECAUSE THE LICENSEE
    27  NO LONGER HAS A LEASE FOR THE LICENSED PREMISES, OR REMOVES
    28  THEREFROM, OR IS DISPOSSESSED BY LEGAL PROCESS, THE LICENSE WILL
    29  BE INVALIDATED AS TO THE PREMISES FOR WHICH ISSUED BUT WILL NOT
    30  BE INVALIDATED GENERALLY NOR CANCELLED, AND WILL BE HELD FOR THE
    19830H0224B1161                  - 8 -

     1  BENEFIT OF THE LICENSEE FOR TRANSFER ONLY.
     2     (C)  WHERE THE CLUB LICENSE AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR PURCHASE
     3  PERMIT CARD ARE NOT SURRENDERED AND RETURNED VOLUNTARILY BY THE
     4  LICENSEE, ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE BOARD WILL LIFT AND RETURN
     5  SUCH LICENSE AND CARD TO THE BOARD.
     6     (D)  NO CLUB LICENSE SURRENDERED TO THE BOARD, NOR ANY
     7  RENEWAL THEREOF IN POSSESSION OF THE BOARD, WILL BE HELD FOR THE
     8  BENEFIT OF THE LICENSEE FOR A PERIOD EXCEEDING ONE YEAR FROM THE
     9  DATE OF SURRENDER, EXCEPT WHERE, IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD,
    10  CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE PREVENT
    11  REACTIVATION. THE BOARD SHALL RECONSIDER THE REVOCATION OF ANY
    12  SUCH CLUB LICENSE DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO ASCERTAIN IF
    13  CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE PREVENTED
    14  TIMELY REACTIVATION OF THE LICENSE. FAILURE OF THE LICENSEE TO
    15  LIFT THE LICENSE AND RESUME OPERATION OF THE LICENSED BUSINESS
    16  OR TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE WITHIN THE ONE-YEAR
    17  PERIOD MAY BE SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR REVOCATION OF THE LICENSE IF
    18  TIMELY REACTIVATION WAS NOT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE
    19  CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE.
    20     (E)  IN THE CASE OF ANY CLUB LICENSE WHICH IS REACTIVATED
    21  UNDER THIS SECTION, THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE NO SOONER THAN
    22  EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER SUCH REACTIVATION, AND NO LATER THAN
    23  TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER REACTIVATION, THAT THE CLUB HAS
    24  ACTUALLY RESUMED OPERATION AND IS FUNCTIONING IN FACT AS A CLUB
    25  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 102. IF THE BOARD FINDS THAT THE CLUB IS
    26  NOT SO FUNCTIONING THE LICENSE SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REVOKED.
    27     Section 2 6.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.           <--


    A24L47DS/19830H0224B1161         - 9 -