PRINTER'S NO. 245
No. 212 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BARRAR, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, COSTA, DERMODY, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KOTIK,
MANN, MARSICO, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PETRARCA, PICKETT,
PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROSS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, STURLA, WANSACZ, WATSON, WHEATLEY, J. WHITE
AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
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 sale of liquor to licensees.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 305(b) of the act of April 12, 1951
21 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
22 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended July 6, 2005 (P.L.135,
23 No.39), is amended to read:
1 Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
2 (b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors at
3 wholesale to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman
4 and steamship companies licensed under this act; and, under the
5 regulations of the board, to pharmacists duly licensed and
6 registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and to
7 manufacturing pharmacists, and to reputable hospitals approved
8 by the board, or chemists. Sales to licensees shall be made at a
9 price that includes a discount of [ten] eighteen per centum from
10 the retail price. The board may sell to registered pharmacists
11 only such liquors as conform to the Pharmacopoeia of the United
12 States, the National Formulary, or the American Homeopathic
13 Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at special prices under the
14 regulations of the board, to United States Armed Forces
15 facilities which are located on United States Armed Forces
16 installations and are conducted pursuant to the authority and
17 regulations of the United States Armed Forces. All other sales
18 by such stores shall be at retail. A person entitled to purchase
19 liquor at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at any
20 Pennsylvania Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or credit
21 card for the full amount of the purchase. For this purpose, the
22 board shall issue a discount card to each licensee identifying
23 such licensee as a person authorized to purchase liquor at
24 wholesale prices. Such discount card shall be retained by the
25 licensee. The board may contract through the Commonwealth
26 bidding process for delivery to wholesale licensees at the
27 expense of the licensee receiving the delivery.
28 * * *
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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