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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1589, 2800               PRINTER'S NO. 2915

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1279 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, BUNT, CORRIGAN, CRUZ, DERMODY, GEIST,
           HORSEY, LEACH, McGEEHAN, McILHINNEY, REICHLEY, ROBERTS,
           RUFFING, SAINATO AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 5, 2003

        SENATOR CONTI, LAW AND JUSTICE, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 18, 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 wine marketing and, for sales on Saint   <--
    18     Patrick's Day AND FOR WINE PURCHASED FOR CONSUMPTION AT A      <--
    19     RESTAURANT.

    20     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    21  hereby enacts as follows:
    22     Section 1.  Section 215 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,  <--
    23  No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
    24  1987 (P.L.32, No.14), and amended or added December 9, 2002
    25  (P.L.1653, No.212) and July 17, 2003 (P.L.63, No.15), is amended


     1  to read:
     2     SECTION 1.  THE DEFINITION OF "ELIGIBLE ENTITY" IN SECTION     <--
     3  102 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 12, 1951 (P.L.90, NO.21), KNOWN AS THE
     4  LIQUOR CODE, REENACTED AND AMENDED JUNE 29, 1987 (P.L.32, NO.14)
     5  AND AMENDED JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), IS AMENDED TO READ:
     6     SECTION 102.  DEFINITIONS.--THE FOLLOWING WORDS OR PHRASES,
     7  UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE, SHALL HAVE THE
     8  MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THIS SECTION:
     9     * * *
    10     "ELIGIBLE ENTITY" SHALL MEAN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS, A
    11  HOSPITAL, A CHURCH, A SYNAGOGUE, A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, A
    12  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, A VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD, A UNIT OF
    13  A NATIONALLY CHARTERED CLUB WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED A CLUB LIQUOR
    14  LICENSE, A CLUB IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS WHICH HAS BEEN
    15  ISSUED A CLUB LIQUOR LICENSE AND WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002,
    16  HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST 100 YEARS, A LIBRARY, A
    17  NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PENNSYLVANIA NONPROFIT ZOOLOGICAL
    18  INSTITUTION LICENSED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
    19  AGRICULTURE, A NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION IN EXISTENCE
    20  FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS, A BONA FIDE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB IN
    21  EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS, A NATIONALLY CHARTERED
    22  VETERANS' ORGANIZATION AND ANY AFFILIATED LODGE OR SUBDIVISION
    23  OF SUCH ORGANIZATION, A FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY THAT IS
    24  LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH AND ANY AFFILIATED
    25  LODGE OR SUBDIVISION OF SUCH FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY, A MUSEUM
    26  OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS
    27  OR TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ENGAGED
    28  IN THE PERFORMING ARTS IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS OR IN AN
    29  INCORPORATED TOWN, AN ARTS COUNCIL, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT
    30  OPERATES AN ARTS FACILITY OR MUSEUM IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS
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     1  IN THE COUNTY OF THE FOURTH CLASS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS
     2  DEFINED UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
     3  1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(C)(3)) WHOSE PURPOSE IS
     4  TO PROTECT THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF BOROUGHS AND WHICH HAS
     5  BEEN RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY A MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION, [OR] A
     6  NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
     7  INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
     8  501(C)(3)) CONDUCTING A REGATTA IN A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS
     9  WITH THE PERMIT TO BE USED ON STATE PARK GROUNDS OR CONDUCTING A
    10  FAMILY-ORIENTED CELEBRATION AS PART OF WELCOME AMERICA IN A CITY
    11  OF THE FIRST CLASS ON PROPERTY LEASED FROM THAT CITY FOR MORE
    12  THAN FIFTY YEARS[.], OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED
    13  UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (26
    14  U.S.C. § 501(C)(3)) WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON
    15  ISSUES DEALING WITH WATERSHED CONSERVATION.
    16     * * *
    17     SECTION 2.  SECTION 207(A) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ:
    18     SECTION 207.  GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD.--UNDER THIS ACT, THE
    19  BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND ITS DUTY SHALL BE:
    20     (A)  TO BUY, IMPORT OR HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION FOR SALE, AND
    21  SELL LIQUOR [AND ALCOHOL], ALCOHOL, CORKSCREWS, WINE AND LIQUOR
    22  ACCESSORIES, TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND WINE GLASSES IN THE MANNER
    23  SET FORTH IN THIS ACT: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL PURCHASES
    24  SHALL BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE TREASURER, OR
    25  HIS DESIGNATED DEPUTY. THE BOARD SHALL BUY LIQUOR AND ALCOHOL AT
    26  THE LOWEST PRICE AND IN THE GREATEST VARIETY REASONABLY
    27  OBTAINABLE.
    28     * * *
    29     SECTION 3.  SECTION 215 OF THE ACT, AMENDED OR ADDED DECEMBER
    30  9, 2002 (P.L.1653, NO.212) AND JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), IS
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     1  AMENDED TO READ:
     2     Section 215.  Wine Marketing.--[(a)  There is hereby
     3  established within the board the Bureau of Wine which shall be
     4  responsible for the purchasing and the wholesale and retail
     5  marketing of premium wines so as to make these wines available
     6  to Pennsylvania consumers at competitive prices and in a
     7  convenient atmosphere.
     8     (b)  The management of the bureau shall be vested in a
     9  director, who shall be assisted by such other personnel as the
    10  board deems necessary.
    11     (d)  (2)  The term "wine," as used in this section, shall
    12  mean liquor which is fermented from grapes and other fruits,
    13  having alcoholic content of twenty-four per centum or less. The
    14  term "wine" shall not include malt or brewed beverages, nor
    15  shall wine include any products containing alcohol derived from
    16  malt, grain, cereal, molasses or cactus.]
    17     (e)  The board is authorized to participate in or sponsor
    18  wine events for the purpose of educating consumers as to the
    19  wines available in this Commonwealth. The wine to be used for
    20  the event may be acquired through the State store system or may
    21  be donated from outside this Commonwealth. Participation in the
    22  tastings may be conditioned on the purchase of a ticket to the
    23  event. The event may include events occurring on premises
    24  licensed by the board, and the board may sell wine for off-
    25  premises consumption in an area designated by the board for such
    26  sale.
    27     Section 2.  Section 406(a) of the act, amended May 31, 1996    <--
    28  (P.L.312, No.49), February 18, 1998 (P.L.162, No.25), November
    29  10, 1999 (P.L.514, No.47), December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141)
    30  and December 9, 2002 (P.L.1653, No.212), is amended to read:
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     1     Section 406.  Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
     2  (1)  Every hotel, restaurant or club liquor licensee may sell
     3  liquor and malt or brewed beverages by the glass, open bottle or
     4  other container, and in any mixture, for consumption only in
     5  that part of the hotel or restaurant habitually used for the
     6  serving of food to guests or patrons, or in a bowling alley that
     7  is immediately adjacent to and under the same roof as a
     8  restaurant when no minors are present, unless minors who are
     9  present are under proper supervision as defined in section 493,
    10  in the bowling alley, and in the case of hotels, to guests, and
    11  in the case of clubs, to members, in their private rooms in the
    12  hotel or club. No club licensee nor its officers, servants,
    13  agents or employes, other than one holding a catering license,
    14  shall sell any liquor or malt or brewed beverages to any person
    15  except a member of the club. In the case of a restaurant located
    16  in a hotel which is not operated by the owner of the hotel and
    17  which is licensed to sell liquor under this act, liquor and malt
    18  or brewed beverages may be sold for consumption in that part of
    19  the restaurant habitually used for the serving of meals to
    20  patrons and also to guests in private guest rooms in the hotel.
    21  For the purpose of this paragraph, any person who is an active
    22  member of another club which is chartered by the same state or
    23  national organization shall have the same rights and privileges
    24  as members of the particular club. For the purpose of this
    25  paragraph, any person who is an active member of any volunteer
    26  firefighting company, association or group of this Commonwealth,
    27  whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall upon the approval
    28  of any club composed of volunteer firemen licensed under this
    29  act, have the same social rights and privileges as members of
    30  such licensed club. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
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     1  "active member" shall not include a social member. Any club
     2  licensee which is either an incorporated unit of a national
     3  veterans' organization or an affiliated organization as defined
     4  in section 461.1 shall be permitted to sell liquor or malt or
     5  brewed beverages to any active member of another unit which is
     6  chartered by the same national veterans' organization or to any
     7  member of a nationally chartered auxiliary associated with the
     8  same national veterans' organization.
     9     (2)  Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
    10  restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
    11  liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
    12  restaurant licensees may sell liquor and malt or brewed
    13  beverages only after seven o'clock antemeridian of any day until
    14  two o'clock antemeridian of the following day, except Sunday,
    15  and except as hereinafter provided, may sell liquor and malt or
    16  brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock
    17  midnight and two o'clock antemeridian.
    18     (3)  Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
    19  restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
    20  liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
    21  restaurant licensees whose sales of food and nonalcoholic
    22  beverages are equal to thirty per centum or more of the combined
    23  gross sales of both food and alcoholic beverages may sell liquor
    24  and malt or brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of
    25  eleven o'clock antemeridian and two o'clock antemeridian Monday
    26  upon purchase of a special permit from the board at an annual
    27  fee as prescribed in section 614-A of the act of April 9, 1929
    28  (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
    29     (4)  Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
    30  restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
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     1  liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
     2  restaurant licensees which do not qualify for and purchase such
     3  special permit, their servants, agents or employes may sell
     4  liquor and malt or brewed beverages only after seven o'clock
     5  antemeridian of any day and until two o'clock antemeridian of
     6  the following day, and shall not sell after two o'clock
     7  antemeridian on Sunday. No club licensee or its servants, agents
     8  or employes may sell liquor or malt or brewed beverages between
     9  the hours of three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock
    10  antemeridian on any day. No public service liquor licensee or
    11  its servants, agents, or employes may sell liquor or malt or
    12  brewed beverages between the hours of two o'clock antemeridian
    13  and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day.
    14     (6)  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, whenever
    15  the thirty-first day of December [or Saint Patrick's Day] falls
    16  on a Sunday, every hotel or restaurant liquor licensee, their
    17  servants, agents or employes may sell liquor and malt or brewed
    18  beverages on any such day after one o'clock postmeridian and
    19  until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day.
    20     (6.1)  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary,
    21  whenever Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday, every hotel or
    22  restaurant liquor licensee, their servants, agents or employes
    23  may sell liquor and malt or brewed beverages on any such day
    24  after seven o'clock antemeridian and until two o'clock
    25  antemeridian of the following day.
    26     * * *
    27     SECTION 4.  SECTION 305(F) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ:      <--
    28     SECTION 305.  SALES BY PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORES.--* * *
    29     (F)  EVERY PURCHASER OF LIQUOR [OR ALCOHOL], ALCOHOL,
    30  CORKSCREWS, WINE OR LIQUOR ACCESSORIES, TRADE PUBLICATIONS OR
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     1  WINE GLASSES FROM A PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORE SHALL RECEIVE A
     2  NUMBERED RECEIPT WHICH SHALL SHOW THE PRICE PAID THEREFOR, AND
     3  SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE BOARD MAY PRESCRIBE. COPIES OF ALL
     4  RECEIPTS ISSUED BY A PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORE SHALL BE RETAINED
     5  BY AND SHALL FORM PART OF THE RECORDS OF SUCH STORE.
     6     * * *
     7     SECTION 5.  SECTION 406(A) AND (E) OF THE ACT, AMENDED MAY
     8  31, 1996 (P.L.312, NO.49), DECEMBER 20, 2000 (P.L.992, NO.141),
     9  MAY 8, 2003 (P.L.1, NO.1) AND JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), ARE
    10  AMENDED TO READ:
    11     SECTION 406.  SALES BY LIQUOR LICENSEES; RESTRICTIONS.--(A)
    12  (1)  EVERY HOTEL, RESTAURANT OR CLUB LIQUOR LICENSEE MAY SELL
    13  LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES BY THE GLASS, OPEN BOTTLE OR
    14  OTHER CONTAINER, AND IN ANY MIXTURE, FOR CONSUMPTION ONLY IN
    15  THAT PART OF THE HOTEL OR RESTAURANT HABITUALLY USED FOR THE
    16  SERVING OF FOOD TO GUESTS OR PATRONS, OR IN A BOWLING ALLEY THAT
    17  IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AND UNDER THE SAME ROOF AS A
    18  RESTAURANT, AND IN THE CASE OF HOTELS, TO GUESTS, AND IN THE
    19  CASE OF CLUBS, TO MEMBERS, IN THEIR PRIVATE ROOMS IN THE HOTEL
    20  OR CLUB. NO CLUB LICENSEE NOR ITS OFFICERS, SERVANTS, AGENTS OR
    21  EMPLOYES, OTHER THAN ONE HOLDING A CATERING LICENSE, SHALL SELL
    22  ANY LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT A
    23  MEMBER OF THE CLUB. THE HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED
    24  IN A HOTEL MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES FOR
    25  CONSUMPTION IN THAT PART OF THE RESTAURANT HABITUALLY USED FOR
    26  THE SERVING OF MEALS TO PATRONS AND ALSO TO GUESTS IN PRIVATE
    27  GUEST ROOMS IN THE HOTEL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY
    28  PERSON WHO IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANOTHER CLUB WHICH IS
    29  CHARTERED BY THE SAME STATE OR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE
    30  THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS MEMBERS OF THE PARTICULAR
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     1  CLUB. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY PERSON WHO IS AN
     2  ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATION
     3  OR GROUP OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, WHETHER INCORPORATED OR
     4  UNINCORPORATED, SHALL UPON THE APPROVAL OF ANY CLUB COMPOSED OF
     5  VOLUNTEER FIREMEN LICENSED UNDER THIS ACT, HAVE THE SAME SOCIAL
     6  RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS MEMBERS OF SUCH LICENSED CLUB. FOR THE
     7  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "ACTIVE MEMBER" SHALL NOT
     8  INCLUDE A SOCIAL MEMBER. ANY CLUB LICENSEE WHICH IS EITHER AN
     9  INCORPORATED UNIT OF A NATIONAL VETERANS' ORGANIZATION OR AN
    10  AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 461.1 SHALL BE
    11  PERMITTED TO SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO ANY
    12  ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANOTHER UNIT WHICH IS CHARTERED BY THE SAME
    13  NATIONAL VETERANS' ORGANIZATION OR TO ANY MEMBER OF A NATIONALLY
    14  CHARTERED AUXILIARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME NATIONAL VETERANS'
    15  ORGANIZATION.
    16     (2)  HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
    17  RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
    18  LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
    19  RESTAURANT LICENSEES MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED
    20  BEVERAGES ONLY AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF ANY DAY UNTIL
    21  TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY, EXCEPT SUNDAY,
    22  AND EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR
    23  BREWED BEVERAGES ON SUNDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TWELVE O'CLOCK
    24  MIDNIGHT AND TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN.
    25     (3)  HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
    26  RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
    27  LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
    28  RESTAURANT LICENSEES WHOSE SALES OF FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC
    29  BEVERAGES ARE EQUAL TO THIRTY PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE COMBINED
    30  GROSS SALES OF BOTH FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY SELL LIQUOR
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     1  AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON SUNDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF
     2  ELEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN MONDAY
     3  UPON PURCHASE OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE BOARD AT AN ANNUAL
     4  FEE AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 614-A OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929
     5  (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS "THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929."
     6     (4)  HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
     7  RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
     8  LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
     9  RESTAURANT LICENSEES WHICH DO NOT QUALIFY FOR AND PURCHASE SUCH
    10  SPECIAL PERMIT, THEIR SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL
    11  LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ONLY AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK
    12  ANTEMERIDIAN OF ANY DAY AND UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF
    13  THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND SHALL NOT SELL AFTER TWO O'CLOCK
    14  ANTEMERIDIAN ON SUNDAY. NO CLUB LICENSEE OR ITS SERVANTS, AGENTS
    15  OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES BETWEEN
    16  THE HOURS OF THREE O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND SEVEN O'CLOCK
    17  ANTEMERIDIAN ON ANY DAY. NO PUBLIC SERVICE LIQUOR LICENSEE OR
    18  ITS SERVANTS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR
    19  BREWED BEVERAGES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN
    20  AND SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN ON ANY DAY.
    21     (6)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY, WHENEVER
    22  THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER OR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY FALLS ON
    23  A SUNDAY, EVERY HOTEL OR RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEE, THEIR
    24  SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED
    25  BEVERAGES ON ANY SUCH DAY AFTER ONE O'CLOCK POSTMERIDIAN AND
    26  UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
    27     (6.1)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY,
    28  WHENEVER SAINT PATRICK'S DAY FALLS ON A SUNDAY, EVERY HOTEL OR
    29  RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEE, THEIR SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES
    30  MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON ANY SUCH DAY
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     1  AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK
     2  ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
     3     * * *
     4     (E)  THE HOLDER OF A HOTEL LICENSE OR THE HOLDER OF A
     5  RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED IN A HOTEL MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO
     6  TRANSPORT LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES FROM THE LICENSED
     7  PORTION OF THE PREMISES TO THE UNLICENSED PORTION OF THE
     8  PREMISES, SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES
     9  REMAIN ON THE HOTEL PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, A HOLDER OF A
    10  RESTAURANT OR CLUB LICENSE LOCATED ON A GOLF COURSE MAY SELL,
    11  FURNISH OR GIVE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON THE
    12  UNLICENSED PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR
    13  MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES REMAIN ON THE RESTAURANT, CLUB OR GOLF
    14  COURSE. THE HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY
    15  ADJACENT TO AND UNDER THE SAME ROOF OF A BOWLING CENTER MAY
    16  ALLOW PERSONS TO TRANSPORT LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES
    17  FROM THE LICENSED PORTION OF THE PREMISES TO THE UNLICENSED
    18  PORTION OF THE PREMISES, SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED
    19  BEVERAGES REMAIN WITHIN THE BOWLING CENTER. IN ADDITION, THE
    20  HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO LEAVE THE
    21  RESTAURANT WITH A BOTTLE OF WINE PURCHASED FOR CONSUMPTION AT
    22  THE RESTAURANT BUT ONLY PARTIALLY CONSUMED, PROVIDED THAT THE
    23  WINE BOTTLE IS RESEALED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, WINE
    24  SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT UNDER SECTION 488(I).
    25     Section 3 6.  This act shall take effect immediately.          <--




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