PRINTER'S NO. 1809
No. 1492 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY VEON, RAYMOND, DONATUCCI, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, COSTA,
DALEY, DeWEESE, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, JAMES, LaGROTTA,
McGEEHAN, PALLONE, READSHAW, SAINATO, SHANER, STABACK,
THOMAS, WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN,
GERGELY, GRUCELA, KOTIK, MARKOSEK, O'NEILL, PISTELLA,
ROBERTS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SURRA, WALKO AND WOJNAROSKI,
MAY 2, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 2, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4 and 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 further providing for incorporated units of national veterans
18 organizations.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 461.1(a) and (f) of the act of April 12,
22 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and
23 amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended June 18, 1998
1 (P.L.664, No.86) and December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), are
2 amended to read:
3 Section 461.1. Incorporated Units of National Veterans'
4 Organizations.--(a) The board shall have the authority to issue
5 new licenses to incorporated units of national veterans'
6 organizations, as defined herein, in counties where the number
7 of licenses exceeds the limitation prescribed by section 461.
8 The board shall also have the authority to issue new club liquor
9 licenses and club retail dispenser licenses to incorporated
10 units of national veterans' organizations in any municipality in
11 this Commonwealth regardless of whether the local option
12 requirements of section 472 have been met.
13 * * *
14 (f) For purposes of this section, [a municipality which
15 permits the issuance of club liquor licenses] the authority of
16 the board to issue new club liquor licenses to incorporated
17 units of national veterans' organizations also permits the
18 transfer of such licenses to an affiliated organization of the
19 incorporated unit of the national veterans' organization.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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