PRINTER'S NO. 1131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
863
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, AUGUST 29, 2017
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, AUGUST 29, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
reenacted and amended, "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 licenses and regulations and liquor,
alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for
applicants to provide State tax identification numbers and
statement of State tax status, waiver of confidentiality of
information in the possession of the Department of Revenue
and other departments and review of State tax status.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 477 heading, (c) and (f) of the act of
April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are
amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
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Section 477. Applicants to Provide State Tax Identification
Numbers and Statement of State Tax Status and Local Tax Status;
Waiver of Confidentiality of Information in the Possession of
the Department of Revenue and Other Departments; Review of State
Tax Status.--* * *
(a.1) In addition to any other information required for the
grant, renewal or transfer of any license issued pursuant to
this article, an applicant for a license in a city of the first
class shall provide the board, upon forms approved by the city,
a statement that all taxes levied pursuant to the act of June
10, 1971 (P.L.153, No.7), known as the "First Class School
District Liquor Sales Tax Act of 1971," have been remitted.
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(c) Upon receipt of any application for the grant, renewal
or transfer of any license issued pursuant to this article, the
board shall review the State and local tax status of the
applicant. The board shall request State and local tax
information regarding the applicant from the Department of
Revenue, the Office of Attorney General [or], the Department of
Labor and Industry or the department of revenue for a city of
the first class and said information shall be provided.
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(f) Upon the required submission of the annual licensing fee
or upon renewal, issuance or transfer of any license, if the
Department of Revenue [or], the Department of Labor and Industry
or the department of revenue for a city of the first class
notifies the board of noncompliance with the aforementioned
provisions, the board shall not renew, issue, transfer or
validate the license. Any appeal filed therefrom shall not act
as a supersedeas.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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