A01891
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1497
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, TALLMAN, ROTHMAN, BARBIN, M. K. KELLER,
MILLARD, A. HARRIS, GROVE, WENTLING, WARD, SONNEY AND
WHEELAND, JUNE 5, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JUNE 5, 2017
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.";
and, in licenses and regulations for liquor, alcohol and malt
and brewed beverages, further providing for wine and spirits
auction permits.
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, amended November 15, 2016 (P.L.1286, No.166), is
amended to read:
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Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
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, pears or 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. Section 408.12(6), (10), (11) and (12) of the
act, amended November 15, 2016 (P.L.1286, No.166), are amended
to read:
Section 408.12. Wine and Spirits Auction Permits.--(a) Upon
application of:
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(6) any [nationally recognized] community-based voluntary
health organization committed to fighting cancer [which has been
in existence for at least ninety years];
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(10) institution of higher education; or
(11) any nationally recognized community-based health
organization committed to funding Type 1 Diabetes research; [or]
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[(12) any nationally recognized community-based voluntary
health organization committed to fighting cancer which has been
in existence for at least twenty years;]
and upon payment of a fee of thirty dollars ($30) per day, the
board shall issue a wine and spirits auction permit good for a
period of not more than four consecutive or nonconsecutive days
per calendar year.
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Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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