SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1589, 2800, 2915 PRINTER'S NO. 3115
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 THOMPSON, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, DECEMBER 16, 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 DEFINITIONS, FOR POWERS AND DUTIES OF <--
18 THE PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD, for wine marketing
19 and, for sales on Saint Patrick's Day AND FOR WINE PURCHASED <--
20 FOR CONSUMPTION AT A RESTAURANT.
21 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
22 hereby enacts as follows:
23 Section 1. Section 215 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, <--
24 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
25 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), and amended or added December 9, 2002
1 (P.L.1653, No.212) and July 17, 2003 (P.L.63, No.15), is amended
2 to read:
3 SECTION 1. THE DEFINITION OF "ELIGIBLE ENTITY" IN SECTION <--
4 102 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 12, 1951 (P.L.90, NO.21), KNOWN AS THE
5 LIQUOR CODE, REENACTED AND AMENDED JUNE 29, 1987 (P.L.32, NO.14)
6 AND AMENDED JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), IS AMENDED TO READ:
7 SECTION 102. DEFINITIONS.--THE FOLLOWING WORDS OR PHRASES,
8 UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE, SHALL HAVE THE
9 MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THIS SECTION:
10 * * *
11 "ELIGIBLE ENTITY" SHALL MEAN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS, A
12 HOSPITAL, A CHURCH, A SYNAGOGUE, A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, A
13 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, A VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD, A UNIT OF
14 A NATIONALLY CHARTERED CLUB WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED A CLUB LIQUOR
15 LICENSE, A CLUB IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS WHICH HAS BEEN
16 ISSUED A CLUB LIQUOR LICENSE AND WHICH, AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002,
17 HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST 100 YEARS, A LIBRARY, A
18 NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PENNSYLVANIA NONPROFIT ZOOLOGICAL
19 INSTITUTION LICENSED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
20 AGRICULTURE, A NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION IN EXISTENCE
21 FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS, A BONA FIDE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB IN
22 EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS, A NATIONALLY CHARTERED
23 VETERANS' ORGANIZATION AND ANY AFFILIATED LODGE OR SUBDIVISION
24 OF SUCH ORGANIZATION, A FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY THAT IS
25 LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH AND ANY AFFILIATED
26 LODGE OR SUBDIVISION OF SUCH FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY, A MUSEUM
27 OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS
28 OR TOWNSHIP OF THE FIRST CLASS, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ENGAGED
29 IN THE PERFORMING ARTS IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS OR IN AN
30 INCORPORATED TOWN, AN ARTS COUNCIL, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT
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1 OPERATES AN ARTS FACILITY OR MUSEUM IN A CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS
2 IN THE COUNTY OF THE FOURTH CLASS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS
3 DEFINED UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
4 1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(C)(3)) WHOSE PURPOSE IS
5 TO PROTECT THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF BOROUGHS AND WHICH HAS
6 BEEN RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY A MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION, [OR] A
7 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
8 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
9 501(C)(3)) CONDUCTING A REGATTA IN A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS
10 WITH THE PERMIT TO BE USED ON STATE PARK GROUNDS OR CONDUCTING A
11 FAMILY-ORIENTED CELEBRATION AS PART OF WELCOME AMERICA IN A CITY
12 OF THE FIRST CLASS ON PROPERTY LEASED FROM THAT CITY FOR MORE
13 THAN FIFTY YEARS[.], OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED
14 UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (26
15 U.S.C. § 501(C)(3)) WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON
16 ISSUES DEALING WITH WATERSHED CONSERVATION.
17 * * *
18 SECTION 2. SECTION 207(A) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ:
19 SECTION 207. GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD.--UNDER THIS ACT, THE
20 BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND ITS DUTY SHALL BE:
21 (A) TO BUY, IMPORT OR HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION FOR SALE, AND
22 SELL LIQUOR [AND ALCOHOL], ALCOHOL, CORKSCREWS, WINE AND LIQUOR
23 ACCESSORIES, TRADE PUBLICATIONS AND WINE GLASSES IN THE MANNER
24 SET FORTH IN THIS ACT: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL PURCHASES
25 SHALL BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE TREASURER, OR
26 HIS DESIGNATED DEPUTY. THE BOARD SHALL BUY LIQUOR AND ALCOHOL AT
27 THE LOWEST PRICE AND IN THE GREATEST VARIETY REASONABLY
28 OBTAINABLE.
29 * * *
30 SECTION 3. SECTION 215 OF THE ACT, AMENDED OR ADDED DECEMBER
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1 9, 2002 (P.L.1653, NO.212) AND JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), IS
2 AMENDED TO READ:
3 Section 215. Wine Marketing.--[(a) There is hereby
4 established within the board the Bureau of Wine which shall be
5 responsible for the purchasing and the wholesale and retail
6 marketing of premium wines so as to make these wines available
7 to Pennsylvania consumers at competitive prices and in a
8 convenient atmosphere.
9 (b) The management of the bureau shall be vested in a
10 director, who shall be assisted by such other personnel as the
11 board deems necessary.
12 (d) (2) The term "wine," as used in this section, shall
13 mean liquor which is fermented from grapes and other fruits,
14 having alcoholic content of twenty-four per centum or less. The
15 term "wine" shall not include malt or brewed beverages, nor
16 shall wine include any products containing alcohol derived from
17 malt, grain, cereal, molasses or cactus.]
18 (e) The board is authorized to participate in or sponsor
19 wine events for the purpose of educating consumers as to the
20 wines available in this Commonwealth. The wine to be used for
21 the event may be acquired through the State store system or may
22 be donated from outside this Commonwealth. Participation in the
23 tastings may be conditioned on the purchase of a ticket to the
24 event. The event may include events occurring on premises
25 licensed by the board, and the board may sell wine for off-
26 premises consumption in an area designated by the board for such
27 sale.
28 Section 2. Section 406(a) of the act, amended May 31, 1996 <--
29 (P.L.312, No.49), February 18, 1998 (P.L.162, No.25), November
30 10, 1999 (P.L.514, No.47), December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141)
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1 and December 9, 2002 (P.L.1653, No.212), is amended to read:
2 Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
3 (1) Every hotel, restaurant or club liquor licensee may sell
4 liquor and malt or brewed beverages by the glass, open bottle or
5 other container, and in any mixture, for consumption only in
6 that part of the hotel or restaurant habitually used for the
7 serving of food to guests or patrons, or in a bowling alley that
8 is immediately adjacent to and under the same roof as a
9 restaurant when no minors are present, unless minors who are
10 present are under proper supervision as defined in section 493,
11 in the bowling alley, and in the case of hotels, to guests, and
12 in the case of clubs, to members, in their private rooms in the
13 hotel or club. No club licensee nor its officers, servants,
14 agents or employes, other than one holding a catering license,
15 shall sell any liquor or malt or brewed beverages to any person
16 except a member of the club. In the case of a restaurant located
17 in a hotel which is not operated by the owner of the hotel and
18 which is licensed to sell liquor under this act, liquor and malt
19 or brewed beverages may be sold for consumption in that part of
20 the restaurant habitually used for the serving of meals to
21 patrons and also to guests in private guest rooms in the hotel.
22 For the purpose of this paragraph, any person who is an active
23 member of another club which is chartered by the same state or
24 national organization shall have the same rights and privileges
25 as members of the particular club. For the purpose of this
26 paragraph, any person who is an active member of any volunteer
27 firefighting company, association or group of this Commonwealth,
28 whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall upon the approval
29 of any club composed of volunteer firemen licensed under this
30 act, have the same social rights and privileges as members of
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1 such licensed club. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
2 "active member" shall not include a social member. Any club
3 licensee which is either an incorporated unit of a national
4 veterans' organization or an affiliated organization as defined
5 in section 461.1 shall be permitted to sell liquor or malt or
6 brewed beverages to any active member of another unit which is
7 chartered by the same national veterans' organization or to any
8 member of a nationally chartered auxiliary associated with the
9 same national veterans' organization.
10 (2) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
11 restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
12 liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
13 restaurant licensees may sell liquor and malt or brewed
14 beverages only after seven o'clock antemeridian of any day until
15 two o'clock antemeridian of the following day, except Sunday,
16 and except as hereinafter provided, may sell liquor and malt or
17 brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock
18 midnight and two o'clock antemeridian.
19 (3) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
20 restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
21 liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
22 restaurant licensees whose sales of food and nonalcoholic
23 beverages are equal to thirty per centum or more of the combined
24 gross sales of both food and alcoholic beverages may sell liquor
25 and malt or brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of
26 eleven o'clock antemeridian and two o'clock antemeridian Monday
27 upon purchase of a special permit from the board at an annual
28 fee as prescribed in section 614-A of the act of April 9, 1929
29 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
30 (4) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, airport
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1 restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf course restaurant
2 liquor licensees and privately-owned public golf course
3 restaurant licensees which do not qualify for and purchase such
4 special permit, their servants, agents or employes may sell
5 liquor and malt or brewed beverages only after seven o'clock
6 antemeridian of any day and until two o'clock antemeridian of
7 the following day, and shall not sell after two o'clock
8 antemeridian on Sunday. No club licensee or its servants, agents
9 or employes may sell liquor or malt or brewed beverages between
10 the hours of three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock
11 antemeridian on any day. No public service liquor licensee or
12 its servants, agents, or employes may sell liquor or malt or
13 brewed beverages between the hours of two o'clock antemeridian
14 and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day.
15 (6) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, whenever
16 the thirty-first day of December [or Saint Patrick's Day] falls
17 on a Sunday, every hotel or restaurant liquor licensee, their
18 servants, agents or employes may sell liquor and malt or brewed
19 beverages on any such day after one o'clock postmeridian and
20 until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day.
21 (6.1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary,
22 whenever Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday, every hotel or
23 restaurant liquor licensee, their servants, agents or employes
24 may sell liquor and malt or brewed beverages on any such day
25 after seven o'clock antemeridian and until two o'clock
26 antemeridian of the following day.
27 * * *
28 SECTION 4. SECTION 305(F) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ: <--
29 SECTION 305. SALES BY PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORES.--* * *
30 (F) EVERY PURCHASER OF LIQUOR [OR ALCOHOL], ALCOHOL,
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1 CORKSCREWS, WINE OR LIQUOR ACCESSORIES, TRADE PUBLICATIONS OR
2 WINE GLASSES FROM A PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORE SHALL RECEIVE A
3 NUMBERED RECEIPT WHICH SHALL SHOW THE PRICE PAID THEREFOR, AND
4 SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE BOARD MAY PRESCRIBE. COPIES OF ALL
5 RECEIPTS ISSUED BY A PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR STORE SHALL BE RETAINED
6 BY AND SHALL FORM PART OF THE RECORDS OF SUCH STORE.
7 * * *
8 SECTION 5. SECTION 406(A) AND (E) OF THE ACT, AMENDED MAY
9 31, 1996 (P.L.312, NO.49), DECEMBER 20, 2000 (P.L.992, NO.141),
10 MAY 8, 2003 (P.L.1, NO.1) AND JULY 17, 2003 (P.L.63, NO.15), ARE
11 AMENDED TO READ:
12 SECTION 406. SALES BY LIQUOR LICENSEES; RESTRICTIONS.--(A)
13 (1) EVERY HOTEL, RESTAURANT OR CLUB LIQUOR LICENSEE MAY SELL
14 LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES BY THE GLASS, OPEN BOTTLE OR
15 OTHER CONTAINER, AND IN ANY MIXTURE, FOR CONSUMPTION ONLY IN
16 THAT PART OF THE HOTEL OR RESTAURANT HABITUALLY USED FOR THE
17 SERVING OF FOOD TO GUESTS OR PATRONS, OR IN A BOWLING ALLEY THAT
18 IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AND UNDER THE SAME ROOF AS A
19 RESTAURANT, AND IN THE CASE OF HOTELS, TO GUESTS, AND IN THE
20 CASE OF CLUBS, TO MEMBERS, IN THEIR PRIVATE ROOMS IN THE HOTEL
21 OR CLUB. NO CLUB LICENSEE NOR ITS OFFICERS, SERVANTS, AGENTS OR
22 EMPLOYES, OTHER THAN ONE HOLDING A CATERING LICENSE, SHALL SELL
23 ANY LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT A
24 MEMBER OF THE CLUB. THE HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED
25 IN A HOTEL MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES FOR
26 CONSUMPTION IN THAT PART OF THE RESTAURANT HABITUALLY USED FOR
27 THE SERVING OF MEALS TO PATRONS AND ALSO TO GUESTS IN PRIVATE
28 GUEST ROOMS IN THE HOTEL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY
29 PERSON WHO IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANOTHER CLUB WHICH IS
30 CHARTERED BY THE SAME STATE OR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE
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1 THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS MEMBERS OF THE PARTICULAR
2 CLUB. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY PERSON WHO IS AN
3 ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATION
4 OR GROUP OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, WHETHER INCORPORATED OR
5 UNINCORPORATED, SHALL UPON THE APPROVAL OF ANY CLUB COMPOSED OF
6 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN LICENSED UNDER THIS ACT, HAVE THE SAME SOCIAL
7 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS MEMBERS OF SUCH LICENSED CLUB. FOR THE
8 PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "ACTIVE MEMBER" SHALL NOT
9 INCLUDE A SOCIAL MEMBER. ANY CLUB LICENSEE WHICH IS EITHER AN
10 INCORPORATED UNIT OF A NATIONAL VETERANS' ORGANIZATION OR AN
11 AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 461.1 SHALL BE
12 PERMITTED TO SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO ANY
13 ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANOTHER UNIT WHICH IS CHARTERED BY THE SAME
14 NATIONAL VETERANS' ORGANIZATION OR TO ANY MEMBER OF A NATIONALLY
15 CHARTERED AUXILIARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME NATIONAL VETERANS'
16 ORGANIZATION.
17 (2) HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
18 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
19 LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
20 RESTAURANT LICENSEES MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED
21 BEVERAGES ONLY AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF ANY DAY UNTIL
22 TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY, EXCEPT SUNDAY,
23 AND EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR
24 BREWED BEVERAGES ON SUNDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TWELVE O'CLOCK
25 MIDNIGHT AND TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN.
26 (3) HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
27 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
28 LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
29 RESTAURANT LICENSEES WHOSE SALES OF FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC
30 BEVERAGES ARE EQUAL TO THIRTY PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE COMBINED
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1 GROSS SALES OF BOTH FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY SELL LIQUOR
2 AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON SUNDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF
3 ELEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN MONDAY
4 UPON PURCHASE OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE BOARD AT AN ANNUAL
5 FEE AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 614-A OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929
6 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS "THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929."
7 (4) HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, AIRPORT
8 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT
9 LIQUOR LICENSEES AND PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
10 RESTAURANT LICENSEES WHICH DO NOT QUALIFY FOR AND PURCHASE SUCH
11 SPECIAL PERMIT, THEIR SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL
12 LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ONLY AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK
13 ANTEMERIDIAN OF ANY DAY AND UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF
14 THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND SHALL NOT SELL AFTER TWO O'CLOCK
15 ANTEMERIDIAN ON SUNDAY. NO CLUB LICENSEE OR ITS SERVANTS, AGENTS
16 OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES BETWEEN
17 THE HOURS OF THREE O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND SEVEN O'CLOCK
18 ANTEMERIDIAN ON ANY DAY. NO PUBLIC SERVICE LIQUOR LICENSEE OR
19 ITS SERVANTS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR OR MALT OR
20 BREWED BEVERAGES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN
21 AND SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN ON ANY DAY.
22 (6) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY, WHENEVER
23 THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER [OR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY] FALLS <--
24 ON A SUNDAY, EVERY HOTEL OR RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEE, THEIR
25 SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED
26 BEVERAGES ON ANY SUCH DAY AFTER ONE O'CLOCK POSTMERIDIAN AND
27 UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
28 (6.1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY,
29 WHENEVER SAINT PATRICK'S DAY FALLS ON A SUNDAY, EVERY HOTEL OR
30 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSEE, THEIR SERVANTS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYES
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1 MAY SELL LIQUOR AND MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON ANY SUCH DAY
2 AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK ANTEMERIDIAN AND UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK
3 ANTEMERIDIAN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY.
4 * * *
5 (E) THE HOLDER OF A HOTEL LICENSE OR THE HOLDER OF A
6 RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED IN A HOTEL MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO
7 TRANSPORT LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES FROM THE LICENSED
8 PORTION OF THE PREMISES TO THE UNLICENSED PORTION OF THE
9 PREMISES, SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES
10 REMAIN ON THE HOTEL PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, A HOLDER OF A
11 RESTAURANT OR CLUB LICENSE LOCATED ON A GOLF COURSE MAY SELL,
12 FURNISH OR GIVE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES ON THE
13 UNLICENSED PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR
14 MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES REMAIN ON THE RESTAURANT, CLUB OR GOLF
15 COURSE. THE HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY
16 ADJACENT TO AND UNDER THE SAME ROOF OF A BOWLING CENTER MAY
17 ALLOW PERSONS TO TRANSPORT LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES
18 FROM THE LICENSED PORTION OF THE PREMISES TO THE UNLICENSED
19 PORTION OF THE PREMISES, SO LONG AS THE LIQUOR OR MALT OR BREWED
20 BEVERAGES REMAIN WITHIN THE BOWLING CENTER. IN ADDITION, THE
21 HOLDER OF A RESTAURANT LICENSE MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO LEAVE THE <--
22 RESTAURANT WITH A BOTTLE OF WINE PURCHASED FOR CONSUMPTION AT
23 THE RESTAURANT BUT ONLY PARTIALLY CONSUMED, PROVIDED THAT THE
24 WINE BOTTLE IS RESEALED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, WINE
25 SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT UNDER SECTION 488(I). HOLDER <--
26 OF A HOTEL LICENSE OR A RESTAURANT LICENSE MAY ALLOW PERSONS WHO
27 HAVE PURCHASED BUT ONLY PARTIALLY CONSUMED A BOTTLE OF WINE ON
28 THE PREMISES TO REMOVE THE BOTTLE FROM THE PREMISES SO LONG AS
29 THE BOTTLE WAS PURCHASED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEAL WHICH WAS
30 CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES AND SO LONG AS THE BOTTLE IS RESEALED.
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1 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "WINE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING
2 GIVEN TO IT UNDER SECTION 488(I). FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
3 SUBSECTION, "MEAL" SHALL MEAN FOOD PREPARED ON THE PREMISES,
4 SUFFICIENT TO CONSTITUTE BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER; IT SHALL
5 NOT MEAN A SNACK, SUCH AS PRETZELS, POPCORN, CHIPS OR SIMILAR
6 FOOD.
7 Section 3 6. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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