PRINTER'S NO. 3252
No. 2325 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY FEE, DOMBROWSKI AND CLARK, JUNE 19, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JUNE 19, 1984
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 defining "malt or brewed beverages."
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The definition of "malt or brewed beverages," in
21 section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
22 as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
23 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
24 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
25 meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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2 "Malt or Brewed Beverages" means any beer, lager beer, ale,
3 porter or similar fermented malt beverage containing one-half of
4 one per centum or more of alcohol by volume, by whatever name
5 such beverage may be called. After January 1, 1985, all malt or
6 brewed beverages in brewery-sealed packages containing not more
7 than one gallon liquid volume which are sold at wholesale or at
8 retail by any licensee for consumption on or off premises shall
9 be pasteurized at the brewery prior to distribution.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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