PRINTER'S NO. 2193
No. 1830 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, KOSINSKI, ACOSTA, CARN, LINTON, BISHOP AND
OLIVER, JUNE 28, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JUNE 28, 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 providing for all police powers for officers and
18 investigators of the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 211 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
22 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
23 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
24 Section 211. Enforcement.--* * *
25 (e) Officers and investigators of the bureau shall be deemed
1 to be peace officers, and shall have all police powers as
2 provided by the laws of this Commonwealth.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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