PRINTER'S NO. 2354
No. 1897 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY YAHNER, THOMAS, WENGER, TELEK, C. GEORGE, FRYER,
LEHR, W. W. FOSTER, GRIECO, HASAY, HONAMAN, KLINGAMAN,
MADIGAN, DeMEDIO, FEE, CALTAGIRONE, BROWN, COLE, STUBAN,
A. C. FOSTER, JR., BOWSER, DeVERTER, McCALL, RODGERS,
B. F. O'BRIEN, HELFRICK, MACKOWSKI, LEVI, L. E. SMITH, PITTS,
HALVERSON AND LEWIS, OCTOBER 23, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 23, 1979
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 requiring the board to issue licenses for the limited
18 manufacture and use of ethyl or methyl alcohol for liquid
19 fuel purposes and providing for fees.
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," is amended by adding a section to read:
24 Section 505.4. Manufacture of Ethyl and Methyl Alcohol for
1 Liquid Fuel Purposes.--(a) The board shall issue, upon
2 application and approval, licenses to individuals or
3 corporations for the manufacture of ethyl and methyl alcohol.
4 (b) The application in the form required by section 504,
5 shall be accompanied by an application fee of ten dollars ($10),
6 an initial license fee of fifteen dollars ($15) and a certified
7 copy of a current Federal distilled spirits plant permit
8 requiring the alcohol to be denatured.
9 (c) The board shall, within thirty days of receipt of the
10 application, after determining that the provisions of section
11 503 are complied with and that the Federal distilled spirits
12 plant permit is current, issue an annual license without the
13 requirement of any bond for the applicant for the manufacture of
14 ethyl and methyl alcohol.
15 (d) Any license so issued shall be an annual license renewal
16 each year upon receipt of the annual license fee of twenty-five
17 dollars ($25).
18 (e) Any violation of this section or the other provisions of
19 this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
20 section 519.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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