PRINTER'S NO. 2194
No. 1831 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, JOSEPHS, ACOSTA, CARN AND BISHOP,
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 further providing for the revocation of certain licenses, and
18 for a moratorium on the issuance of retail licenses in
19 counties currently exceeding the statutory limit.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
23 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
24 No.14), is amended by adding sections to read:
25 Section 478. Certain Revoked Licenses Null and Void.--Any
26 retail hotel or restaurant liquor license or retail malt or
1 brewed beverage dispenser's license revoked as a result of a
2 major violation of this act shall be considered null and void
3 for all purposes for a period of five years.
4 Section 479. Moratorium on Issuance of Certain Licenses in
5 Counties Exceeding Statutory Limits.--No new retail hotel or
6 restaurant liquor license or retail malt or brewed beverage
7 dispenser's license shall be issued in any county wherein the
8 number of such licenses exceed the limits provided for in this
9 act, nor shall any such license be transferable to a new owner
10 in any such county.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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