PRINTER'S NO. 649
No. 587 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, ROBINSON, MARKOSEK, DISTLER, MELIO,
TIGUE, DEMPSEY, SCHULER, CARLSON, FOX, REBER, HALUSKA,
BISHOP, KUKOVICH, FREEMAN, PHILLIPS, LEVDANSKY, JOHNSON,
GEIST, HERSHEY, VROON, JOSEPHS, CIVERA, B. SMITH, TRELLO,
COHEN, LAUGHLIN, CORNELL, STABACK, HECKLER, RYBAK AND
E. Z. TAYLOR, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4 and 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 for a warning on the consumption of alcohol during
18 pregnancy.
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 208.1. Warning Notices.--The board shall require
1 that all State stores, distributors and retail licensees shall
2 conspicuously display at their licensed establishment a notice,
3 which shall be provided by the board, containing the following
4 warning:
5 WARNING
6 CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY MAY CAUSE MENTAL
7 RETARDATION AND OTHER BIRTH DEFECTS.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
A24L47DGS/19890H0587B0649 - 2 -