PRINTER'S NO. 1986
No. 1665 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY KELLER, CORRIGAN, BELARDI, CAPPABIANCA, TRELLO,
McGEEHAN, LEDERER, J. TAYLOR, KENNEY, RAYMOND, YOUNGBLOOD,
TANGRETTI, PISTELLA AND RAMOS, MAY 24, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 24, 1995
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 the shipment of certain alcoholic beverages
18 into Pennsylvania.
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 307. Shipment of Certain Alcoholic Beverages into
25 Pennsylvania.--(a) The board shall require that all liquor and
1 alcohol it purchases for subsequent shipment into Pennsylvania
2 from a foreign country is so shipped through a Pennsylvania sea
3 or lake port.
4 (b) As used in this section, the term "foreign country"
5 shall mean a country which does not share a common border with
6 one or more of the forty-eight contiguous states of the United
7 States.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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