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PRINTER'S NO. 125
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
131
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, GREINER, BARRAR, MACKENZIE, M. K. KELLER,
WARREN, KORTZ, RADER, SCHWEYER, GILLEN, HEFFLEY, DEASY,
BURGOS, ECKER, ROTHMAN, MOUL, SANKEY, EVERETT, PASHINSKI,
BERNSTINE, MEHAFFIE AND NEILSON, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "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
preliminary provisions, further defining "alcoholic cider."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "alcoholic cider" in section
102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the
Liquor Code, is amended to read:
Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
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meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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"Alcoholic cider" shall mean a beverage which may contain
carbonation in an amount not to exceed six and four tenths grams
per liter, produced through alcoholic fermentation [of any fruit
or fruit juice], which is primarily derived from apples, apple
juice concentrate and water or pears, pear juice concentrate and
water, consisting of at least one-half of one per centum, but
not greater than eight and one-half per centum, alcohol by
volume and sold or offered for sale as alcoholic cider and not
as a wine, a wine product or as a substitute for wine, in
bottles, cases, kegs, cans or other suitable containers of the
type used for the sale of malt or brewed beverages in this
Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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