PRINTER'S NO. 294
No. 277 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY MICHLOVIC, MAYERNIK, LEVDANSKY, COWELL, CESSAR,
ITKIN, DeLUCA, PRESTON, SEVENTY, VAN HORNE, PISTELLA, TRELLO,
PETRONE, GAMBLE, IRVIS, MARKOSEK, DAWIDA AND BOOK,
FEBRUARY 11, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 11, 1985
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 appropriating funds to the Department of Health for the study
18 of problems and promotion of programs relating to alcoholism
19 and the rehabilitation and treatment of alcoholics.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 802 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
23 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, amended September 28, 1961
24 (P.L.1728, No.702), is amended to read:
25 Section 802. Moneys Paid Into The State Stores Fund for Use
1 of the Commonwealth.--(a) All moneys, except fees to be paid
2 into the Liquor License Fund as provided by the preceding
3 section, collected, received or recovered under the provisions
4 of this act for license fees, permit fees, filing fees and
5 registration fees, from forfeitures, sales of forfeited
6 property, compromise penalties and sales of liquor and alcohol
7 at the Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, shall be paid into the State
8 Treasury through the Department of Revenue into a special fund
9 to be known as "The State Stores Fund."
10 (b) One-half of all application, filing and transfer fees
11 shall be credited to a special account designated as the
12 Enforcement Officers' Retirement Account. The moneys credited to
13 this account shall be paid, annually, by the board to the State
14 [Employes'] Employees' Retirement Board to be paid into the
15 State [Employes'] Employees' Retirement Fund and credited to the
16 Enforcement Officers' Benefit Account.
17 (c) Two per centum of the net revenue of the Pennsylvania
18 Liquor Control Board as shown on the operating statement in its
19 annual report is hereby appropriated to the Council on Drug and
20 Alcohol Abuse to be used for the:
21 (1) study of the problem of alcoholism;
22 (2) treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to the
23 excessive use of alcoholic beverages; and
24 (3) promotion of preventive and educational programs
25 designed to eliminate alcoholism.
26 (d) All other moneys in such fund shall be available for the
27 purposes for which they are appropriated by law.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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