PRINTER'S NO. 535
No. 516 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY FRAME, MELLOW, HOBBS AND WOOD, APRIL 8, 1975
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, APRIL 8, 1975
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 authorizing special occasion permits for certain sportsmen's
18 clubs.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 408.4, act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
22 No.21), known as the "Liquor Code," added May 12, 1972 (P.L.291,
23 No.71), is amended to read:
24 Section 408.4. Special Occasion Permits.--(a) Upon
25 application of any hospital, church, synagogue, bona fide
26 sportsmen's clubs in existence for at least ten years or
1 volunteer fire company and upon payment of a fee of twenty-five
2 dollars ($25) per day, the board shall issue a special occasion
3 permit good for a period of not more than three consecutive
4 days.
5 (b) In any city, borough, incorporated town or township in
6 which the sale of liquor and/or malt or brewed beverages has
7 been approved by the electorate, such special occasion permit
8 shall authorize the hospital, church, synagogue, bona fide
9 sportsmen's clubs in existence for at least ten years or
10 volunteer fire company to sell liquor and/or malt or brewed
11 beverages as the case may be to any adult person on any day for
12 which the permit is issued.
13 (c) Such special occasion permit shall only be valid for the
14 number of days stated in the permit. Only one permit may be
15 issued to any hospital, church, synagogue, bona fide sportsmen's
16 clubs in existence for at least ten years or volunteer fire
17 company, including their auxiliaries or affiliates during the
18 year.
19 (d) Such permits shall only be issued for use at a special
20 event including, but not limited to bazaars, picnics and
21 clambakes. The special event must be one which is used by the
22 hospital, church, synagogue, bona fide sportsmen's clubs in
23 existence for at least ten years or volunteer fire company as a
24 means of raising funds for itself.
25 (e) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
26 to any licensee now or hereafter possessing a caterer's license,
27 nor to any professional fund raiser.
28 (f) Any person selling liquor or malt or brewed beverages in
29 violation of this section shall, upon summary conviction, be
30 sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for
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1 the first offense and a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for
2 each subsequent offense. This fine shall be in addition to any
3 other penalty imposed by law for the illegal sale of malt or
4 brewed beverages.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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