PRINTER'S NO. 2213
No. 1839 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, CARN, ROEBUCK, BISHOP, WILLIAMS, BUTKOVITZ,
JOSEPHS, OLIVER, RICHARDSON, RIEGER, ACOSTA, HUGHES,
McGEEHAN, LINTON, KOSINSKI, COHEN, EVANS AND O'DONNELL,
JULY 1, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JULY 1, 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 imposing a restriction on transfer of licenses.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
21 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
22 No.14), is amended by adding a section to read:
23 Section 469.1. Restriction on Transfer.--(a) A license may
24 not be transferred any time after the enforcement bureau issues
1 a notice of violation letter to the licensee until the
2 enforcement process is completed. If the licensee is found to
3 have violated this act and a suspension is imposed, the board
4 may approve a transfer and the new licensee may serve the
5 suspension imposed on the old licensee.
6 (b) The enforcement bureau shall send a copy of the notice
7 of violation letter to the board at the same time it notifies
8 the licensee.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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