PRINTER'S NO. 974
No. 903 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE AND COCHRAN, MARCH 17, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 17, 1981
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 further providing for unlawful acts.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Clause (9) of section 493, act of April 12, 1951
21 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the "Liquor Code," is amended to read:
22 Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
23 Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
24 in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
25 provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
1 otherwise.
2 It shall be unlawful--
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4 (9) [Retail Licensees Furnishing Free Lunch, etc. For any
5 retail liquor licensee or any retail dispenser, his agents,
6 servants or employes, to furnish, give or sell below a fair cost
7 any lunch to any consumer, except such articles of food as the
8 board may authorize and approve.] Retail Licensees Advertising
9 Free Food. For any retail liquor licensee or any retail
10 dispenser to advertise in any newspaper, circular, handbill,
11 periodical or other publication or by means of a sign or placard
12 on the outside of the licensed premises the availability of free
13 food. Nothing herein shall prohibit any retail liquor licensee
14 or any retail dispenser from actually furnishing free food to
15 consumers for consumption on the premises.
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17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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