THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, BAKER, BEYER, BRENNAN, CLYMER, FABRIZIO, FLECK, HORNAMAN, MAHONEY, MILLER, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, ROCK, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, TRUE, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 28, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 28, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as

reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and

malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating

and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and

restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,

consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding

in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic

liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the

persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and

duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing

for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,

for the payment of certain license fees to the respective

municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain

nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure

without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;

providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"

prohibiting licensees from placing or causing to be placed

advertisements for alcoholic beverage on any property of a

State-funded public transit system.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 493 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,

No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,

1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a clause to read:

Section 493.  Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and

Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used

in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the

provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates

otherwise.

It shall be unlawful--

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(20.3)  Advertising on Public Transit Property Prohibited. No

manufacturer or other licensee may place or cause to be placed

an advertisement for an alcoholic beverage on any property of a

State-funded public transit system, including any bus, railroad

car or other mode of transportation.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.