PRINTER'S NO. 1217
No. 1046 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CAPUTO, APRIL 27, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 27, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
2 act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
3 brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17 providing for suspension or revocation of a license for a
18 third or subsequent citation within four years and making an
19 editorial change.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The second paragraph of section 471, act of April
23 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the "Liquor Code," amended
24 January 13, 1966 (1965 P.L.1301, No.518), is amended to read:
25 Section 471. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines.--
26 * * *
27 If the [violation] citation in question is a third or
1 subsequent [violation] citation for violations of this act or
2 [the act of June 24, 1939 (P.L.872), known as "The Penal Code,"]
3 Title 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes) occurring within a period
4 of four years the board shall impose a suspension or revocation.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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