PRINTER'S NO. 722
No. 674 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY LOGAN, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, FERLO, MUSTO,
WONDERLING, EARLL AND C. WILLIAMS, MARCH 23, 2007
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 23, 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 definition of "case" and for sale
18 of malt or brewed beverages by liquor licensees.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The definition of "case" in section 102 of the
22 act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code,
23 reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended
24 July 7, 2006 (P.L.584, No.84), is amended to read:
25 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
1 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
2 meanings ascribed to them in this section:
3 * * *
4 "Case" shall mean a package prepared by the manufacturer for
5 sale or distribution of twelve or more original containers
6 totaling [two hundred sixty-four] one hundred forty-four or more
7 fluid ounces of malt or brewed beverages excepting those
8 packages containing twenty-four or more original containers each
9 holding seven fluid ounces or more.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. Section 407(a) of the act, amended July 7, 2006
12 (P.L.584, No.84), is amended to read:
13 Section 407. Sale of Malt or Brewed Beverages by Liquor
14 Licensees.--(a) Every liquor license issued to a hotel,
15 restaurant, club, or a railroad, pullman or steamship company
16 under this subdivision (A) for the sale of liquor shall
17 authorize the licensee to sell malt or brewed beverages at the
18 same places but subject to the same restrictions and penalties
19 as apply to sales of liquor, except that licensees other than
20 clubs may sell malt or brewed beverages for consumption off the
21 premises where sold in quantities of not more than [one hundred
22 ninety-two] two hundred sixteen fluid ounces in a single sale to
23 one person. No licensee under this subdivision (A) shall at the
24 same time be the holder of any other class of license, except a
25 retail dispenser's license authorizing the sale of malt or
26 brewed beverages only.
27 * * *
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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