PRINTER'S NO. 286
No. 279 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LINCOLN, WILLIAMS, MUSTO, AFFLERBACH, BELL,
PORTERFIELD, STOUT, LYNCH AND SALVATORE, JANUARY 24, 1989
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JANUARY 24, 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 further providing for the sale of liquor to licensees; and
18 providing for sale of liquor and wine to certain retail
19 purchasers.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 305(b) of the act of April 12, 1951
23 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
24 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended and the section is
25 amended by adding a subsection to read:
26 Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
1 (b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors at
2 wholesale to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman
3 and steamship companies licensed under this act; and, under the
4 regulations of the board, to pharmacists duly licensed and
5 registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and to
6 manufacturing pharmacists, and to reputable hospitals approved
7 by the board, or chemists. Sales to licensees shall be made at a
8 price that includes a discount of twelve and one-half per centum
9 from the retail price. The board may sell to registered
10 pharmacists only such liquors as conform to the Pharmacopoeia of
11 the United States, the National Formulary, or the American
12 Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at special prices
13 under the regulations of the board, to United States Armed
14 Forces facilities which are located on United States Armed
15 Forces installations and are conducted pursuant to the authority
16 and regulations of the United States Armed Forces. All other
17 sales by such stores shall be at retail. A person entitled to
18 purchase liquor at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at
19 any Pennsylvania Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or
20 credit card for the full amount of the purchase. For this
21 purpose, the board shall issue a discount card to each licensee
22 identifying such licensee as a person authorized to purchase
23 liquor at wholesale prices. Such discount card shall be retained
24 by the licensee. The board may contract through the Commonwealth
25 bidding process for delivery to wholesale licensees at the
26 expense of the licensee receiving the delivery.
27 * * *
28 (c.1) The board shall allow volume discounts to retail
29 purchasers as provided in this subsection. A discount of five
30 per centum from the retail price shall be allowed to persons who
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1 purchase one to five cases of liquor or wine. A discount of ten
2 per centum from the retail price shall be allowed to persons who
3 purchase six or more cases of liquor or wine.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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