PRINTER'S NO. 4565
No. 2930 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, RAYMOND, McGEEHAN, BEBKO-JONES, CLYMER, FRANKEL, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEDERER, SCAVELLO, WASHINGTON, YOUNGBLOOD, BOYD AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 20, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, OCTOBER 20, 2004
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 unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt 18 and brewed beverages and licensees. 19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 20 hereby enacts as follows: 21 Section 1. Section 493(13) of the act of April 12, 1951 22 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended 23 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), and amended December 16, 2002 24 (P.L.1806, No.221), is amended to read: 25 Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
1 Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used 2 in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the 3 provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates 4 otherwise. 5 It shall be unlawful-- 6 * * * 7 (13) Retail Licensees Employing Minors. For any hotel, 8 restaurant or club liquor licensee, or any retail dispenser, to 9 employ or to permit any minor [under the age of eighteen] to 10 concurrently dispense and serve any alcoholic beverages or to 11 employ or permit any minor under the age of sixteen to render 12 any service whatever in the licensed premises, nor shall any 13 entertainer under the age of eighteen be employed or permitted 14 to perform in any licensed premises in violation of the labor 15 laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, That minors between the 16 ages of eighteen and twenty-one may be employed to serve 17 alcoholic beverages, provided that they do not concurrently 18 dispense the alcoholic beverages; and Provided further, That in 19 accordance with board regulations minors between the ages of 20 sixteen and eighteen may be employed to serve food, clear tables 21 and perform other similar duties, not to include the dispensing 22 or serving of alcoholic beverages. A ski resort, golf course or 23 amusement park licensee may employ minors fourteen and fifteen 24 years of age to perform duties in rooms or areas of the licensed 25 premises; however, such minors may not perform duties in rooms 26 or areas in which alcohol is being concurrently dispensed or 27 served or in which alcohol is being concurrently stored in an 28 unsecured manner. 29 * * * 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. I13L47DMS/20040H2930B4565 - 2 -