PRINTER'S NO. 2577
No. 2012 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, TRELLO, MARKOSEK, VAN HORNE, MRKONIC,
BOOK, JACKSON, MELIO, BIRMELIN, FARMER, SAURMAN, SIRIANNI,
COLAFELLA, McVERRY, FLICK, JADLOWIEC, PISTELLA, CLYMER,
JOHNSON AND MICHLOVIC, NOVEMBER 24, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, NOVEMBER 24, 1987
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 providing that patrons be required to leave licensed premises
18 at a certain time.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known
22 as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32,
23 No.14), is amended by adding a section to read:
24 Section 499. Premises to be Vacated by Patrons.--(a) All
25 patrons of a licensee shall be required to leave that part of
1 the premises habitually used for the serving of food to guests
2 or patrons not later than one-half hour after the time the
3 licensee is required by this act to cease serving liquor or malt
4 or brewed beverages, and shall not be permitted to remove any
5 previously served liquor or malt or brewed beverages from that
6 part of the premises.
7 (b) Any owner of licensed premises who violates the
8 provisions of subsection (a) for the first offense commits a
9 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
10 a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or to
11 imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, and
12 for the second or any subsequent offense commits a misdemeanor
13 of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
14 pay a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars
15 ($2,500) or to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or
16 both.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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