PRINTER'S NO. 915
No. 782 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY RAYMOND, DONATUCCI, ALLEN, BARRAR, CASORIO,
DERMODY, FABRIZIO, GEIST, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HORSEY,
LEDERER, McGEEHAN, R. MILLER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, RUBLEY,
SCRIMENTI, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, TIGUE, WASHINGTON, TURZAI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 10, 2003
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 enforcement.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 211 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
21 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
22 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
23 Section 211. Enforcement.--* * *
24 (f) Funding for the enforcement bureau shall be provided by
1 the board. Each year, the Pennsylvania State Police shall
2 include with its application to the board for annual funding for
3 the enforcement bureau, the following:
4 (1) A complete audit of all expenditures of the enforcement
5 bureau for the period of one year prior to the request for
6 funds.
7 (2) A projected budget of expenses for the coming one-year
8 period.
9 (3) A review of the content of the enforcement bureau's
10 force of civilian officers, as it relates to its multiracial and
11 bilingual characteristics.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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