PRINTER'S NO. 1184
No. 981 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, REGOLA, RHOADES, PICCOLA, M. WHITE,
WAUGH, ORIE AND EARLL, JUNE 14, 2007
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JUNE 14, 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 member salaries.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 201 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 February 21, 2002 (P.L.103,
23 No.10), is amended to read:
24 Section 201. Appointment of Members; Terms; Salaries.--An
25 independent administrative board to be known as the
1 "Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board" is hereby created. The board
2 shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Governor
3 by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the
4 members of the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be from
5 the same political party as the Governor. Of the members first
6 appointed after the effective date of this amendatory act, one
7 member shall serve a term of three years, one member shall serve
8 a term of four years, and one member shall serve a term of five
9 years. Subsequent terms shall be for four years, ending on the
10 third Tuesday in May. A member may continue to hold office for a
11 period not to exceed six months beyond the expiration of that
12 member's term if a successor to that member has not been duly
13 appointed and qualified according to law. [Each of the members
14 shall receive an annual salary pursuant to the provisions of the
15 act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the "Public
16 Official Compensation Law."] Notwithstanding the provisions of
17 any other law to the contrary, each of the members shall be
18 classified as a part-time employe and shall receive an annual
19 salary of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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