PRINTER'S NO. 2319
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1604
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, COHEN, DeLUCA, FARRY, GIBBONS, MILLARD,
PASHINSKI, SAINATO AND SCHWEYER, OCTOBER 7, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, OCTOBER 7, 2015
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," in
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, further providing for
general powers of board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 207 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 subsection to read:
Section 207. General Powers of Board.--Under this act, the
board shall have the power and its duty shall be:
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(l) To be licensed as a lottery sales agent under the act of
August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the "State Lottery
Law," without the requirement of bond, insurance or
indemnification, and to take actions authorized by the
designation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
board may pay the holder of a winning ticket up to an amount
that shall be established jointly by the board and the
Department of Revenue. Proceeds retained by the board as
compensation for the sale of tickets, including incentive awards
or bonuses and credit for direct payment of prizes, shall be
deposited in The State Stores Fund.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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