PRINTER'S NO. 4224
No. 2966 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM, COLAFELLA AND LAUGHLIN, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, NOVEMBER 12, 1990
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 providing for a minimum percentage mark-up on the sale of
18 malt or brewed beverages by importing distributors and
19 distributors.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
23 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
24 No.14), is amended by adding a section to read:
25 Section 441.1. Minimum Percentage Mark-up for Malt or Brewed
26 Beverages.--(a) The board may determine and fix by regulation
1 the minimum percentage mark-up for sales of malt or brewed
2 beverages by importing distributors and distributors.
3 (b) To determine the retail price of malt or brewed
4 beverages, the minimum percentage mark-up may be applied to the
5 wholesale price of the manufacturer charged to the importing
6 distributor, or the wholesale price of the importing distributor
7 charged to the distributor.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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