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PRINTER'S NO. 4221
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2765
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KULIK, ISAACSON, SCHWEYER, HILL-EVANS, DELLOSO,
McNEILL, READSHAW, YOUNGBLOOD, GALLOWAY, ROZZI, DEASY,
FRANKEL, KOSIEROWSKI, WEBSTER, KIM, PASHINSKI, BRIGGS,
SNYDER, DERMODY, KRUEGER, DONATUCCI, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN,
GOODMAN, SANCHEZ, SAINATO, MULLINS, COMITTA, SAPPEY,
WILLIAMS, FITZGERALD, HOWARD AND T. DAVIS, AUGUST 7, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, AUGUST 7, 2020
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
licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed
beverages, providing for safekeeping during 2020 disaster
emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 462.1. Safekeeping During 2020 Disaster Emergency.--
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In addition to the authority provided by section 462 and
notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary,
the board shall be authorized to engage in the following during
the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and
any renewal of the state of disaster emergency:
(1) The board shall provide any club or catering club
license that was in safekeeping at any time during the disaster
emergency, an additional year of safekeeping. The license shall
not be subject to any renewal, validation or late fees that
would otherwise be due during this additional year, but the
licensee shall otherwise file any renewal or validation that
becomes due. The additional year of safekeeping shall be
construed to have started on the effective date of this section.
The additional year of safekeeping is in addition to the two
years authorized under section 474.
(2) The board shall provide any restaurant, eating place
retail dispenser, hotel, importing distributor and distributor
license that was in safekeeping at any time during the disaster
emergency declaration, an additional year of safekeeping. The
license shall not be subject to any renewal, validation, late or
safekeeping fees that would otherwise be due during this
additional year, but the licensee shall otherwise file any
renewal or validation that becomes due. The additional year of
safekeeping shall be construed to have started on the effective
date of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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