PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 552 PRINTER'S NO. 2819
No. 493 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, JAROLIN, KOSINSKI, PESCI, VROON, JOHNSON,
TRELLO, MELIO, GIGLIOTTI, DALEY, STABACK, BUNT, KRUSZEWSKI,
CALTAGIRONE, COLE, BILLOW, CARN, PRESTON, WILLIAMS, ROBINSON,
HARPER, THOMAS AND BISHOP, MARCH 11, 1991
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 26, 1991
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 extending enforcement powers of liquor control enforcement
18 officers.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 211(a) of the act of April 12, 1951
22 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
23 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding clauses to
24 read:
1 Section 211. Enforcement.--(a) There is created within the
2 Pennsylvania State Police a Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement
3 which shall be responsible for enforcing this act and any
4 regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Officers and
5 investigators assigned to the bureau shall have the power and
6 their duty shall be:
7 * * *
8 (5) To pursue, apprehend and arrest any individual suspected
9 of violating a provision of 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and
10 offenses) or another offense classified as a misdemeanor or
11 felony WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR ASSIGNED DUTIES UNDER <--
12 THIS ACT.
13 (6) To serve and execute warrants issued by the proper
14 authorities for offenses referred to in this subsection and to
15 serve subpoenas.
16 (7) To arrange for the administration of chemical tests of
17 breath, blood or urine to persons for the purpose of determining
18 the alcoholic content of blood or the presence of a controlled
19 substance by qualified personnel of a State or local police
20 department or qualified personnel of a clinical laboratory
21 licensed and approved by the Department of Health.
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23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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