PRINTER'S NO. 457
No. 393 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BARRAR, BENNINGTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COSTA, DALEY, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, JAMES, M. KELLER, MANN, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, REICHLEY, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 13, 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 liquor importers' licenses. 18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 19 hereby enacts as follows: 20 Section 1. Section 410 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, 21 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 22 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended December 21, 1998 (P.L.1202, 23 No.155) and December 9, 2002 (P.L.1653, No.212), is amended to 24 read:
1 Section 410. Liquor Importers' Licenses; Fees; Privileges; 2 Restrictions.--(a) Subject to the provisions of this act in 3 general and more particularly to the following provisions of 4 this section, the board shall issue liquor importers' licenses 5 to qualified applicants. 6 (b) Every applicant for an importer's license shall file a 7 written application with the board in such form as the board 8 shall from time to time prescribe. The filing and license fees 9 shall be as prescribed in section 614-A of the act of April 9, 10 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 11 1929." Every such application shall contain a description of the 12 principal place of business for which the applicant desires a 13 license and shall set forth such other material information as 14 may be required by the board. 15 (c) The holder of an importer's license may have included in 16 such license one warehouse wherein only his liquor may be kept 17 and stored, located in the same municipality in which his 18 licensed premises is situate, and not elsewhere, unless such 19 licensee secures from the board a license for each additional 20 storage warehouse desired. The board is authorized and empowered 21 to issue to a holder of an importer's license a license for an 22 additional storage warehouse or warehouses located in this 23 Commonwealth, provided such licensed importer files with the 24 board a separate application for each warehouse in such form and 25 containing such information as the board may from time to time 26 require. The filing and license fees shall be as prescribed in 27 section 614-A of "The Administrative Code of 1929." 28 (d) If the applicant is a natural person, his application 29 must show that he is a citizen of the United States or a 30 resident alien and a resident of this Commonwealth. If the 20070H0393B0457 - 2 -
1 applicant is an association or partnership, each and every 2 member of the association or partnership must be a citizen of 3 the United States or a resident alien and a resident of this 4 Commonwealth. If the applicant is a corporation, the application 5 must show that the corporation was created under the laws of 6 Pennsylvania or holds a certificate of authority to transact 7 business in Pennsylvania, and that all officers, directors and 8 stockholders are citizens of the United States or resident 9 aliens. 10 (e) Importers' licenses shall permit the holders thereof to 11 bring or import liquor from other states, foreign countries, or 12 insular possessions of the United States, and purchase liquor 13 from manufacturers located within this Commonwealth, to be sold 14 outside of this Commonwealth or to Pennsylvania Liquor Stores 15 within this Commonwealth, or when in original containers of ten 16 gallons or greater capacity, to licensed manufacturers within 17 this Commonwealth. Importing distributors that import liquor 18 from a foreign country through a port located in this 19 Commonwealth shall receive from Pennsylvania Liquor Stores a 20 bonus of two per centum of the wholesale price of the imported 21 liquor sold to Pennsylvania Liquor Stores. 22 All importations of liquor into Pennsylvania by the licensed 23 importer shall be consigned to the board or the principal place 24 of business or authorized place of storage maintained by the 25 licensee. 26 (f) Every importer shall maintain on the licensed premises 27 such records as the board may prescribe. Any such license may be 28 suspended or revoked by the board upon proof satisfactory to it 29 that the licensee has violated any law of this Commonwealth or 30 any regulation of the board relating to liquor and alcohol. The 20070H0393B0457 - 3 -
1 procedure in such cases shall be the same as for the revocation 2 and suspension of hotel, restaurant and club licenses. 3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A5L47JLW/20070H0393B0457 - 4 -